Saffo

opera by Pacini

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In Giovanni Pacini
…was initiated with the opera Saffo (1840), which differed stylistically from his earlier operas in its dramatic integrity and relative absence of melodic formula; this work marked Pacini’s definitive return to the genre, and it is generally hailed as his masterpiece. It was first performed in Naples, with a libretto…
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