The Duenna. A Comic Opera in Three Acts - Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 1751-1816; Inchbald, Elisabeth 1753-1821 (London Longman Hurst Rees Orme, 1794)
Premiered at Covent Garden, London, 1775, with music by Thomas Linley the Elder and Younger
Sheridan was an Irish poet, politician, librettist, dramaturge and playwright
"the best opera ever written" according to Lord Byron
frontispiece engraving referring to Act III scene VI of the opera: "Ferdinand - How is this! My sister! Clara too! I am confounded.", painted by Singleton, engraved by Stewart & Burnet
The Surrender of Calais / Fontainbleau / Lionel and Clarissa / The Beggar's Opera
ex libris Wynne 1809 (manuscript)
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