FRY: Leonora

FRY: Leonora 4 June. Philadelphia Text by J. R. Fry (the brother of the composer), founded on E. Bulwer Lytton’s The Lady of Lyons). Three acts. The “first publicly performed grand opera written by a native American ” (Diet. American Biography). Given at Philadelphia 16 times in 1845–46; revived (in Italian, in an enlarged 4-act version) New York 29 March 1858. Fragments revived in a concert version by O. Kinkeldey New York May 1929, at a Pro Musica concert.