Leonora

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.

People

• Leonora Baroni, seventeenth century musician and composer
• Leonora Braham, English opera singer and actress
• Leonora Carrington, painter and novelist
• Leonora of Castile
• Leonora Sanvitale
• Leonora Christina , Danish princess
• Leonora Duarte, Flemish musician and composer
• Leonora of England
• Leonora Jakupi, singer from Kosovo
• Leonora Jiménez, former Miss Asia Pacific International
• John Leonora, research scientist, Loma Linda University
• Leonora O'Reilly, American feminist, suffragist, and trade union organizer
• Leonora de Bourbon, the daughter of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain.

Fictional characters

• "Leonora" was the original title of Beethoven's opera, Fidelio, in which the heroine is named Leonora (or "Leonore" in German).
• Leonora, an opera by Ferdinando Paer (1804), based on the same source as the work by Beethoven.
• "Leonora" is used for Eleonora di Guienna, the name of a main character in Gaetano Donizetti's opera Rosmonda...... ...
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