duenna

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Later that year, he scored an even bigger hit with a comic opera, The Duenna, all about a dual elopement.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2010

Sergei Prokofiev's little comic opera, The Duenna,* almost got lost in the shuffle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The very lively tune sung by the Duenna Berta is adapted without much alteration from a Russian dance, which Rossini had heard played by a Russian lady of his acquaintance.

From The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School by Edwards, Henry Sutherland

In 1775 his comedy, The Rivals, was produced at Covent Garden Theatre; his farce, St. Patrick's Day, or the Scheming Lieutenant, and his comic opera, The Duenna, were staged in the same year.

From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.

A note in Amanda's most elegant French, declining the apartments in the name of Madame Duenna, closed the door of this Eden upon the wandering peris, who entered never more.

From Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag by Alcott, Louisa May