E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Marcelli’na.
The daughter of Rocco, jailor of the state prison of Seville. She falls in love with Fide’lio, her father’s servant, who turns out to be Leonora, the wife of the state prisoner Fernando Florestan. (Beethoven: Fidelio.)
