''Kalmora, or The Paternal Right of the Americans'' ( pl, Kalmora, czyli prawo ojcowskie Amerykanów, link=no) is a Polish-language opera (melodrama) in 2 acts by

Karol Kurpiński Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński (March 6, 1785September 18, 1857) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was a representative of late classicism and a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (Polish: ''Towarzystwo Warszaws ...

. The

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

was written by Kazimierz Brodziński. Its first performance took place on 10 March 1820. The complete score of the

overture Overture (from French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overt ...

was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig in 1825 or 1826Intelligenz-Blatt zur AMZ 1826 No. 1
/ref> as Kurpiński's Opus 14. The complete score of the whole opera (or at least some parts) is located in the library of the .

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* * , conducted by Witold Rowicki 1820 operas Operas by Karol Kurpiński Polish-language operas Operas {{Poland-music-stub