Raymond and Agnes

Raymond and Agnes is an opera in 3 (originally 4) acts by the composer Edward Loder to an English libretto by Edward Fitzball. It is very loosely based on elements from Matthew Lewis's classic Gothic novel, The Monk (1796) and also includes elements of Lewis's The Castle Spectre (1797). The opera's plot contains elements of love and revenge, brigandry, incarceration, a shooting match and the supernatural.[1] The opera is considered to be among the most important serious operas of the British Victorian era.[2]

The opera was first performed on 14 August 1855 at the Theatre Royal, Manchester.[3] It was revived at St James's Theatre, London, in June 1859.[4] A more recent revival in revised form was at Cambridge Arts Theatre in 1966.[5]

  1. ^ "Raymond and Agnes – The Recording", Retrospect Opera, October 2017
  2. ^ "Raymond and Agnes", Sir Arthur Sullivan Society Magazine, No. 97, Summer 2018, p. 26
  3. ^ The Era (London), 19 August 1855
  4. ^ The Era (London), 5 June 1859
  5. ^ "Retrospect Opera".