leggenda di Sakuntala, La

Opera by Franco Alfano (libretto by the composer, based on Kālidāsa's play), first produced at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna, Italy, on 10 December 1921. The manuscript was destroyed during World War II. Alfano reconstructed the opera for production in 1952, as Sakuntala. Sakuntala expires after meeting her lover king, but their child becomes a world hero.