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Sapho

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Opera in five acts
Music by Jules Massenet
Libretto by HENRI CAIN and ARTHUR BERNÈDE, after the novel by ALPHONSE DAUDET
'sung in French: records) Massenet's Sapho is not the Greek poetess portrayed by Gounod in his opera of 1851. Sapho here is an artist's model, Fanny Legrand , whose exceptional beauty has made her the favourite of painters and sculptors, the darling of artistic circles and of the demimonde. The parallels in the story with La Traviata are unmistakable. F
STEPHANE CAILLAT CHOIR GARDE RÉPUBLICAINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ROGER BOUTRY Acts 1-3

Contributors

Music By:
Jules Massenet
Unknown:
Henri Cain
Novel By:
Alphonse Daudet
Unknown:
Fanny Legrand
Conducted By:
Roger Boutry
Source: Radio Times

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