Thorgrim

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Thorgrim is an opera in four acts with music by the British composer Frederic H. Cowen to a libretto by Joseph Bennett after the Icelandic tale Viglund the Fair, first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London on 22 April 1890. The premiere cast included the mezzo-soprano Zélie de Lussan and the tenor Barton McGuckin.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Amadeus Almanac, accessed 29 January 2010
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press 
  • Amadeus Almanac, accessed 29 January 2010
  • 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., 'Pauline' in 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  • Parker, C. J. (2007), unpublished Ph.D Thesis (University of Durham, U.K.): 'The Music of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935): a Critical Study'.


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