Complex sentence: Written as a companion piece for his serious opera "The Rape of Lucretia", the libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant's story "Le Rosier de Madame Husson", but transposed entirely to an English setting.
Split into simpler sentences: Written as a companion piece for his serious opera'The Rape of Lucretia'. The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant's story' Le Rosier de Madame Husson', but transposed entirely to an English setting.