Leonora is the Italian elaborated form of Eleanor — from the Old Provençal Aliénor. A modern revival in the vintage-Italian aesthetic. Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) — *British-Mexican surrealist painter, novelist, and feminist activist; one of the last living members of the original Surrealist movement; her 1942 Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; her 1944 novella The Hearing Trumpet (revised 1976) is considered a masterpiece of feminist literature; in 2024 the Mexican government featured her on the 1,000 peso banknote. Leonora — title character of Beethoven's only opera Fidelio (1805) — Leonora disguises herself as the male prison guard "Fidelio" to rescue her husband Florestan from political imprisonment; the opera's themes of liberty and marital devotion remain among the most-performed in the German operatic repertoire. Leonora of Verdi's Il Trovatore (1853) and La Forza del Destino* (1862) — two of the most-iconic Verdi soprano roles. Princess Leonor of Spain (born 2005) — heir apparent to the Spanish throne.
Featured throughout art, opera, and modern Italian heritage.
Leonora reduces to seven.