Sapho is a pi ce lyrique ("lyric play", an opera in a declamatory style) in five acts. The music was composed by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Cain and Arthur Bern de, based on the novel of the same name by Alphonse Daudet. It was first performed on 27 November 1897 by the Op ra Comique at the Th tre Lyrique on the Place du Ch telet in Paris with Emma Calv as Fanny Legrand. A charming and effective piece, the success of which is highly...