The Lily of Killarney

For films of the same title, see Lily of Killarney.

The Lily of Killarney is an opera in three acts by Julius Benedict. The libretto, by John Oxenford and Dion Boucicault, is based on Boucicault's own play The Colleen Bawn. The opera received its premiere at Covent Garden Theatre, London on Monday 10 February 1862.[1]

  1. ^ The date of 8 February often given was in fact when Balfe's The Puritan's Daughter was withdrawn (it had premiered on 30 November 1861). Benedict's opera followed on Monday the 10th. (Grove Music Online)