Pennsylvania Opera Theater di San Domingo" (1982), Weil's "The Threepenny Opera" (1984), Britten's "The Turn of the Screw" (1987), Henry Purcell's "The Fairy-Queen" (1988), and Robert Ward's "The Crucible" (1989). The company's final performance was of Mozart's "Così fan tutte" on May 14, 1993 at the Merriam Theater with Jennifer Jones as Fiordiligi, Janine Hawley as Dorabella, Matthew Lau as Guglielmo, Robert Baker as Ferrando, Sara Seglem as Despina, and Robert Holden as Don Alfonso. Pennsylvania Opera Theater The Pennsylvania Opera Theater (TPOT) was an American opera company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1975 by Barbara Silverstein, the company presented an annual
Henry Bishop (composer) Henry Bishop (composer) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (18 November 178630 April 1855) was an English composer. He is most famous for the songs "Home! Sweet Home!" and "Lo! Here the Gentle Lark." He was the composer or arranger of some 120 dramatic works, including 80 operas, light operas, cantatas, and ballets. Bishop was Knighted in 1842. Bishop worked for all the major theatres of London in his era — including the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Vauxhall Gardens and the Haymarket Theatre, and was Professor of Music at the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford.