Opera in the Repertoire · Romantic
Helvellyn
Music by George Alexander Macfarren · libretto by John Oxenford · premiered 1864
Helvellyn is an opera in four acts by George Alexander Macfarren to an English libretto by John Oxenford from Salomon Mosenthal's play Der Sonnwendhof. It was first performed by the English Opera Company at the Covent Garden Theatre in London on 3 November 1864.
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About the Composer
Sir George Alexander Macfarren (2 March 1813 – 31 October 1887) was an English composer and musicologist.
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