Sapho Vocal Score [French]

By Julies Massenet

Place: Paris Time: late 19th century The story concerns the beautiful Sapho, an artist's model of a certain age and notorious life, whose real name is Fanny Legrand. She begins an affair with a young man, Jean Gaussin, but the relationship, as is so often the case in opera, is ill-fated. Sapho is a pi ce lyrique ("lyric play", an opera in a declamatory style) in five acts. The music was composed by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Cain and Arthur Bern de, based on the novel of the same name by Alphonse Daudet. It was first performed on 27 November 1897 by the Op ra Comique at the Th tre Lyrique on the Place du Ch telet in Paris with Emma Calv as Fanny Legrand. A charming and effective piece, the success of which is highly dependent on the charisma of its lead soprano. This is a new edition made from a original, a reproduction. Very hard to find.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1726450775
• ISBN13: 9781726450775
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"