Signa (opera)

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.

References

*1911
* 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.) .
* Parker, C. J. (2007), unpublished Ph.D Thesis (University of Durham, U.K.): 'The Music of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935): a Critical Study'.