Leonora (opera) years later (1978) Decca made a studio recording, also under Maag: Koszut/Gruberová/van Kesteren/Jerusalem/Orth/Brendel/Tadeo-G with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. This was in stereo and issued in the U.S. as London OSA 13133. The UK première was given by Bampton Classical Opera in 2008, in English. Leonora (opera) Leonora, ossia L’amore coniugale ("Leonora or Conjugal Love") is an opera (specifically a "dramma semiserio") in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The libretto, by Giovanni Schmidt, is based on "Léonore ou L’Amour conjugal" (1794) by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, which was also the source of Beethoven's "Fidelio". Beethoven himself owned a score
Eithne (opera) Eithne (opera) Eithne, also known as "Éan an Cheoil Bhinn" (The Bird of Sweet Music), is considered by many critics to be the first full-scale opera written and performed in the Irish language. It was written by English/Irish composer Robert O'Dwyer. The work saw its first performance at the Round Room in Dublin's Rotunda during the Oireachtas na Gaeilge, a festival of Irish culture, in 1909, conducted by the composer. It was performed again in May 1910 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. The opera, based on a Gaeilge libretto written by Galway Reverend Thomas O'Kelly, covers three acts and includes