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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Marcellina

The daughter of Rocco, jailor of the state prison of Seville. She falls in love with Fidelio, her father's servant, who turns out to be Leonora, the wife of the state prisoner Fernando Florestan. (Beethoven: Fidelio.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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