Saffo, opera: Part 1. Qual io t'abborro, o perfida
Saffo, opera: Part 2. Al crin le cingete
Saffo, opera: Part 2. Ah, con lui mi fu rapita
Saffo, opera: Part 2. Uno stranier!
Saffo, opera: Part 2. Corri all'altar, Climene
Saffo, opera: Part 2. Le cetre, le tibie confondano i suoni
Saffo, opera: Part 2. Ai mortali, o crudo, ai numi
Saffo, opera: Part 2. Saffo, qui siamo in Leucade!
Track Listings (9) - Disc #2
Saffo, opera: Part 3. Voci del ciel, divini aruspici
Saffo, opera: Part 3. Signor di Leucade, occhio del cielo
Saffo, opera: Part 3. Oh, padre!... Figlia!
Saffo, opera: Part 3. Alcandro, il rito a compiersi
Saffo, opera: Part 3. Fra queste orrende tenebre
Saffo, opera: Part 3. Ite ad Alcandro, Aruspici
Saffo, opera: Part 3. S'ella paventa, o dubita
Saffo, opera: Part 3. Premio d'amor, cui non fu pari al mondo
Saffo, opera: Part 3. Mi lasciate!... Ferma!
"The cast of this 1967 performance is excellent, led energetically by Franco Capuana ... But of course the center of the revival, and its raison d'etre, is Leyla Gencer. And what a remarkable artist! On this disc of a lost... more » opera from a golden age of opera creativity, we are able to experience through Gencer an era of musical vitality and the great interpreters who encountered these works when they were new. Such is her vitality." -- Ira Siff Includes a 44-page booklet with historic photos, a complete Italian libretto with a new original English translation, and an essay on the performance by Ira Siff.« less
"The cast of this 1967 performance is excellent, led energetically by Franco Capuana ... But of course the center of the revival, and its raison d'etre, is Leyla Gencer. And what a remarkable artist! On this disc of a lost opera from a golden age of opera creativity, we are able to experience through Gencer an era of musical vitality and the great interpreters who encountered these works when they were new. Such is her vitality." -- Ira Siff Includes a 44-page booklet with historic photos, a complete Italian libretto with a new original English translation, and an essay on the performance by Ira Siff.