Signa (opera)

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Signa is an opera originally conceived in four acts with music by the British composer Frederic H. Cowen with a libretto by Gilbert A. A'Beckett, with revisions by H.A. Rudall and Frederic Edward Weatherly after Ouida, with an Italian translation by G.A. 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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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• 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• Parker, C. J. (2007), unpublished Ph.D Thesis (University of Durham, U.K.): 'The Music of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935): a Critical Study'.