TracklistCD101. Hafez, Act I: Scene 1, Sultan Mobarezedin's Attack02. Hafez, Act I: Scene 2, Disaster and Killing Sultan Abu Eshaq03. Hafez, Act I: Scene 2, Elegy04. Hafez, Act I: Scene 3, Pub and Obeid Zakani05. Hafez, Act I: Scene 4, Saqinameh06. Hafez, Act I: Scene 5, Prison of Sultan Mobarezedin07. Hafez, Act I: Scene 6, Hafez's Aria I08. Hafez, Act I: Scene 6, Obeid and Sultan Mobarezedin09. Hafez, Act I: Scene 7, Hafez's Aria II and Arrest HafezCD201. Hafez, Act II: Scene 1, Revolt02. Hafez, Act II: Scene 2, Victory03. Hafez, Act II: Scene 3, Departure of Hafez04. Hafez, Act II: Scene 3, Dialogue05. Hafez, Act II: Scene 4, Shakh-e Nabat06. Hafez, Act II: Scene 5, Death07. Hafez, Act II: Scene 6, FinalThe music of Iranian composer Behzad Abdi fuses dastgah (the Iranian modal system) with Western classical forms. He wrote Iran’s first national opera, Rumi, and Hafez also exemplifies his approach to the medium. The opera’s subject is the great Persian poet and mystic Hafez, whose sonnets and poetry are still widely read across the Persian-speaking world today. Behrouz Gharibpour’s libretto traces the poet’s tribulations, memories of keeping his poems from being destroyed by a despotic government, and subsequent exile. Abdi’s polytonal technique serves to reflect the unique concepts of Hafez’s 14th-century poetry with passion, lyricism and power.13222990066/104.28.159.215