Judith Weir and inert blank verse" of Weir's libretto. The American premiere of "Miss Fortune" was originally planned in 2011 by the Santa Fe Opera to be a part of its 2014 season, but it was announced in the summer of 2012 that the opera was to be replaced by the North American premiere of Huang Ruo's "Dr. Sun Yat-sen". Notes Sources Judith Weir Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer and Master of the Queen's Music. Weir was born in Cambridge, England, to Scottish parents. She studied with Sir John Tavener whilst at school (North London Collegiate School)
Isabel Marion Weir Johnston Isabel Marion Weir Johnston Isabel Marion Weir Johnston (1883-) was the first woman to enter Trinity College, Dublin in January 1904. Johnston was born 25 November 1883 in Derry City, County Londonderry in Ireland to a Presbyterian family. Her father John Barr Johnston (1843 - 1919) was a knight, a merchant, as well as an alderman, mayor and justice of the peace from Tyrone. Her mother was Isabella Weir from Donegal. She had an older brother, John Alexander, who studied law, an older sister Margaret Chambers who became a secretary and a younger sister Kathleen Maude. Johnston was the first