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 Arthur à 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

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• Parker, C. J. (2007), unpublished Ph.D Thesis (University of Durham, U.K.): 'The Music of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935): a Critical Study'.