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Cecilia (Refice opera)

1934 opera by Licinio Refice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Cecilia is a 1934 sacred opera by Licinio Refice to a libretto by Emidio Mucci.[1] At the premiere in Rome in February 1934 Claudia Muzio sung the role of Cecilia. The Act 3 aria "Grazie sorelle" has since been recorded by several sopranos including Renata Tebaldi in 1955, and Hera Hyesang Park in 2024.

Roles

  • L’Angelo di Dio (soprano)
  • Cecilia (soprano)
  • Valeriano (tenor)
  • Tiburzio / Amachio: (baritone)
  • La vecchia cieca (mezzo-soprano)
  • Il Vescovo Urbano (bass)
  • Un liberto/un neofita: (tenor)
  • A slave (baritone)

Discography

  • 1973 live, abridged - Renata Scotto (St Cecilia), Harry Theyard (Valerian), George Fourié (Almachis) directed Angelo Campori VAI 73 minutes
  • 2015 Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni (soprano), Fabrizio Mercurio, Pilade Carrai, Corrado Cappitta (baritone), Giuseppe Veneziano (tenor), Kulli Tomingas (mezzo-soprano), Riccardo Ristori (baritone), Serena Pasquini Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Coro la Camerata di Cremona, Marco Fracassi Bongiovanni 2CD 2 hours 6 minutes
  • live 2022 Elena Schirru, Marta Mari, Mickael Spadaccini, Leon Kim, Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Giuseppe Grazioli. Dynamic, 2CD 1 hour 53 minutes[2]
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