Thorgrim

Thorgrim is an opera in four acts with music by the British composer Frederic H. Cowen to a libretto by Joseph Bennett after the Icelandic tale Viglund the Fair, first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London on 22 April 1890. The premiere cast included the mezzo-soprano Zélie de Lussan and the tenor Barton McGuckin.

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cowen, Frederic Hymen". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 346.
• Amadeus Almanac, accessed 29 January 2010
• Cowen, F. H., My Art and My Friends, London, Arnold, 1913
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• Parker, C. J. (2007), unpublished Ph.D Thesis (University of Durham, U.K.): 'The Music of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935): a Critical Study'.