A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Jessonda

JESSONDA. A grand German opera in 3 acts; the plot from 'La Veuve de ^[1]Malabar.' Words by Edouard Gehe, music by Spohr. Produced at Cassel July 28, 1823; in London, at St. James's theatre (German company), June 18, 1840; in Italian, at Covent Garden, Aug. 6, 1853.

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1. See Spohr's Selbstbiographie, ii. 149.