Sapho

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Sapho is an 1851 French opera by Charles Gounod, inspired by the life and legend of the ancient Greek poet Sappho.

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Sapho canonical 1
Sapho (1860 revision) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French opera
opera
alsoKnownAs Sappho
basedOn legend of Sappho
life of Sappho
composer Charles Gounod
composerNationality French
countryOfOrigin France
dateOfPremiere 1851-04-16
firstPerformanceCentury 19th century
genre grand opera
hasLibrettoLanguage French
hasMusicalForm through-composed opera
hasRole title role of Sapho
historicalPeriodOfSetting Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
inspiredBy Sappho
language French
librettist Émile Augier NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Glycère
Phaon
Pittacus
Sapho
numberOfActs 3
originalMedium opera for voices and orchestra
partOfComposerOeuvre early operas of Charles Gounod
periodStyle Romantic music
placeOfPremiere Paris
premiereCity Paris
premieredAt Paris Opera
revisedAs Sapho self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sapho (1860 revision)

Sapho
surface form: Sapho (1884 revision)
settingLocation Corinth
Lesbos
subject Sappho
timePeriodOfComposition 19th century
titleRoleVoiceType mezzo-soprano
venueOfPremiere Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique
yearOfPremiere 1851

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Sapho revisedAs Sapho self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sapho (1860 revision)