Signa (opera)

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Signa is an opera originally conceived in four acts with music by the British composer Frederic H. Cowen[1] with a libretto by Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, with revisions by H.A. Rudall and Frederic Edward Weatherly after Ouida, with an Italian translation by Giannandrea Mazzucato, first performed in a reduced three-act version at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan on 12 November 1893. It was later given in a two-act version at Covent Garden, London on 30 June 1894.

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  • Cowen, F. H., My Art and My Friends, London, Arnold, 1913
  • Sadie, S. (ed.) (1980) The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 5.
  • Burton, N., Grove Music Online (ed. Macy, L.) <http://www.grovemusic.com>.
  • Parker, C. J. (2007), unpublished Ph.D Thesis (University of Durham, U.K.): 'The Music of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935): a Critical Study'.