The Duenna: A Comic Opera by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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"The Duenna: A Comic Opera" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a three-act comic opera first performed in 1775. Mostly composed by Thomas Linley the elder and younger, this work became one of the most successful operas ever staged in England, admired by Samuel Johnson and Lord Byron. The story draws from Spanish honor dramas, featuring a young woman who escapes her father's house to avoid an unwanted marriage. Blending original compositions with
traditional ballads, it captivated audiences with technically complex songs requiring trained singers—a departure from earlier ballad operas. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Duenna: A Comic Opera |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duenna |
| Credits | Produced by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Operas -- Librettos |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 6731 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-06731-5 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 511 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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