Leonora
Encyclopedia
People
- Leonora (given name)Leonora (given name)Leonora is a feminine given name which is a variation of Eleanor. It was relatively common in the 19th Century in Western countries, ranking as the 314th most popular female given name in the US in 1880...
, a feminine given name - Leonora of Castile (disambiguation)
- Leonora of EnglandLeonora of EnglandEleanor of England was Queen of Castile and Toledo as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. She was a daughter of Henry II of England and his wife, Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.-Early life:...
- John LeonoraJohn LeonoraJohn Leonora , is notable for his research into the critical role of hypothalamic "factors" for indirectly controlling the metabolism of such avascular tissues as the dental enamel, the dentin, and the Islands of Langerhans . His contributions have given a radically new perspective to the systemic...
, research scientist, Loma Linda University
Arts and entertainment
- Leonora was the original title of Beethoven's opera FidelioFidelioFidelio is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly which had been used for the 1798 opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre Gaveaux, and for the 1804 opera Leonora...
, in which the heroine is named Leonora (or "Leonore" in German) - Leonora (opera)Leonora (opera)Leonora, ossia L’amore coniugale is an opera in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The libretto, by Giovanni Schmidt, is based on Léonore ou L’Amour conjugal by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, which was also the source of Beethoven's Fidelio...
, an 1804 opera by Ferdinando Paer, based on the same source as the work by Beethoven - Leonora, another name for Lenore (ballad)Lenore (ballad)Lenore, sometimes translated as Leonora, Leonore or Ellenore, is a poem written by German author Gottfried August Bürger in 1773, and published in 1774 in the Göttinger Musenalmanach...
, a ballad by Gottfried August Bürger - Leonora (Fry opera), an opera by William Henry FryWilliam Henry FryFor the woodcarver and gilder, see William H. Fry.William Henry Fry was a pioneering American composer, music critic, and journalist. Fry was the first person born in the United States to write for a large symphony orchestra, and the first to compose a publicly performed opera...
- Leonora (novel), a novel by Maria Edgeworth
- Leonora (Hazel Holt novel), a novel by Hazel HoltHazel HoltHazel Holt is a British novelist.Hazel Holt originated from Birmingham, England, where she attended King Edward VI High School for Girls. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge, and went on to work at the International African Institute in London, where she became acquainted with the novelist...
- Leonora (Arnold Bennett novel), a novel by Arnold BennettArnold Bennett- Early life :Bennett was born in a modest house in Hanley in the Potteries district of Staffordshire. Hanley is one of a conurbation of six towns which joined together at the beginning of the twentieth century as Stoke-on-Trent. Enoch Bennett, his father, qualified as a solicitor in 1876, and the...