Sakuntala (opera)

Sakuntala, also "Sakontala", 701, is an unfinished opera in three acts, written c. 1820 by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Johann Philipp Neumann. The opera is based on the Sanskrit story of Shakuntala's love for King Duschmanta and her rejection.
Composition.
The work is for fourteen sopranos, three altos, five tenors, nine basses, mixed choir and orchestra.