Licinio Refice (

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, February 12, 1883 –

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, September 11, 1954) was an Italian composer and priest. With Monsignor

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he represented the new direction taken by Italian church music in the twentieth century, and he left the popular song ''Ombra di nube'' (1935) as well as two completed operas. His first opera ''

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'', about the legend of

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, created a sensation with its premiere in 1934 in

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at the Teatro Reale dell'Opera, with Marcello Govoni as Opera Director;

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took the title role. His second opera, ''Margherita da Cortona'', appeared in 1938. A third opera, ''Il Mago'' (1954), was left incomplete (within the first act). Refice died in 1954 during morning rehearsals of ''Cecilia'' in Rio de Janeiro;

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was singing the title role. For readers of Italian, more information about Refice is

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Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1939)

Recordings of ''Cecilia''

At least five recordings exist of ''Cecilia'' (role key: conductor/Cecilia/Cieca/Valeriano/Amachio/Tiburzio/Urbano). * Refice/Tebaldi/Ulisse/Misciano/Meletti/Panerai/Neri - 1953, live in Naples – House of Opera (casting inaccurate on their site) * de Fabritiis/Pedrini/Marini/Misciano/Meletti/Dadò/Clabassi - 1954, live in Milan – Melodram (taping year confused with broadcast year on their site) * Campori/Scotto/Cornell-G/Theyard/Fourié/Palmer-T/Kavrakos - 1976, live in New York, abridged – VAI * Paganini/Negri/Barzola/Geraldi/Falcone/Sorarrain/Schwarz-W - 2008, video, Buenos Aires – New Ornamenti * Fracassi/Gavazzeni/Tomingas/Veneziano/Cappitta/Cappitta/Ristori - 2013, live in Monte Carlo – Bongiovanni

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