La leggenda di Sakùntala (Alfano, Franco)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
First Publication	1921
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Italian language

Sheet Music

Act I, part 1
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Act I, part 2
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Act II
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Act III
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Arranger	Raffaele Delli Ponti (1864-1936), piano reduction
Language	Italian
Publisher. Info.	Milan: Ricordi, 1921. Plate 118710.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. The full score and parts of this first version probably no longer exist. see below
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Complete libretto
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Language	Italian
Publisher. Info.	Milan: G. Ricordi & C., 1921. Plate 118630.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. The libretto contains extracts from newspapers relating to the first performance in Bologna in 1921.
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Work Title	La leggenda di Sakùntala
Alternative. Title	Sakùntala (later reconstruction)
Composer	Alfano, Franco
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFA 2
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
First Performance.	1921-12-10 in Bologna, Teatro Comunale (original version) 1952-01-05 in Rome, Teatro dell'Opera (reconstruction)
First Publication.	1921
Librettist	Composer, based on the Sakùntala of Kālidāsa (fl. 5th century?)
Language	Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article
Extra Information	The full score and orchestral materials were believed to have been destroyed when an allied bomb damaged the archives of Alfano's publisher Ricordi during World War II, so Alfano reconstructed the opera and it was performed at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 5 January 1952.