Cecilia (Refice opera)

Cecilia is a 1934 sacred opera by Licinio Refice to a libretto by Emidio Mucci. 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