La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth) is an opera in four acts by
Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a
libretto by
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and
Jules Adenis, after the
novel by
Sir Walter Scott. Many writers have reserved severe criticism for the librettists for their stock devices and improbable events, while praising Bizet's advance on his earlier operas in construction of set pieces and his striking melodic and instrumental ideas.