What is "gwendoline"

Gwendoline is an opera in two acts and three scenes by the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier, with a libretto by Catulle Mendès. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium on 10 April 1886. Further performances followed in Carlsruhe in 1889, Leipzig in 1890 and then in Lyons and Paris in 1893. Gwendoline was Chabrier's attempt to write a serious opera in the style of Richard Wagner.

Gwendoline is a feminine given name, a variant of Gwendolen. The name is of Welsh origin, meaning white, fair, blessed, and holy, while the spelling "Gwendolen" means ring or bow. The name is ten letters long and contains three syllables. The name Gwendoline is often confused with or incorrectly pronounced as an alternately spelled version of the name "Gwendolyn." The name Gwendoline (Gwen-do-line) is pronounced phonetically. Notable people with the name include:

• Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo (1879–1955), a British interior decorator
• Gwendoline Butler (born 1922), an English writer of mystery fiction
• Gwendoline Christie (born 1978), a British actress
• Gwendoline Davies (1882–1951), a Welsh patron of the arts
• Gwendoline Didier (born 1986), a French figure skater
• Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883–1941), a British tennis player
• Gwendoline "Gwen" Harwood (1920–1995), an Australian poet
• Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa, mayor of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
• Gwendoline Porter (born 1909), a British athlete
• Gwendoline Riley (born 1979), an English writer
• Gwendoline Yeo (born 1977), a Singaporean-American actress and musician

Gwendoline is a feminine given name.

Gwendoline may also refer to:

• Gwendoline, an 1886 opera by Emmanuel Chabrier
• Gwendoline (sternwheeler), a sternwheel steamer on the Kootenay River in British Columbia
• Gwendoline Steers, a tugboat launched in 1888
• Sweet Gwendoline, a character created by fetish artist John Willie
  • The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak, a 1984 film by Just Jaeckin
• St Gwendoline's, churches in Llyswen and Talgarth, Wales
  • Note: this obscure local saint , though listed in some calendars, may be spurious