What is "sapho"

Sapho may refer to:

• Sapho, genus of Damselflies
• Sapho (software), an American enterprise software company
• SAPHO syndrome, chronic disease with synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis

Sapho (1950) is a French singer. Her real name is Danielle Ebguy.

("lyric play", an opera in a declamatory style) in five acts. The music was composed by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Cain and Arthur Bernède, based on the novel of the same name by Alphonse Daudet. It was first performed on 27 November 1897 by the Opéra Comique at the Théâtre Lyrique on the Place du Châtelet in Paris with Emma Calvé as Fanny Legrand. A charming and effective piece, the success of which is highly dependent on the charisma of its lead soprano, it has never earned a place in the standard operatic repertory.

Sapho is a 3-act opera by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Émile Augier which was premiered by the Paris Opera at the Salle Le Peletier on 16 April 1851. It was presented only 9 times in its initial production, but was a succès d'estime for the young composer, with the critics praising Act 3 in particular. It was later revived in 2-act (1858) and 4-act (1884) versions, achieving a total of 48 performances.

Sapho was a 1900 American play by Clyde Fitch, based on an 1884 French novel of the same name by Alphonse Daudet and an 1885 play by Daudet and Adolphe Belot. It was at the center of a sensational New York City indecency trial involving the play’s star and producer/director, Olga Nethersole. The play was not an exceptional success but the incident is considered a notable step in the transformation of American society’s attitudes regarding gender roles and public depictions of sex in the 20th century.

Sapho is a venture-backed enterprise application infrastructure company based in San Francisco, California, that was founded in 2014 by Fouad ElNaggar, the former of Chief Strategy Officer of CBS Interactive, Peter Yared, the former Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer at CBS Interactive, and Charles Christolini, the former VP Architecture of CBS Interactive. Sapho provides an enterprise software platform for organizations to offer access to corporate information on mobile devices by utilizing software APIs to pull information from a company’s enterprise applications and SaaS vendors.

On June 25, 2014, Sapho raised $4 million in seed funding from SoftTech VC, Bloomberg Beta, Caffeinated Capital, IDG Ventures, and Morado Ventures.

Sapho is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford and written by Hugh Ford and Doty Hobart. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Frank Losee, John St. Polis, Pedro de Cordoba, and Thomas Meighan. It is based on the novel Sapho by Alphonse Daudet. The film was released on March 11, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Its survival status is classified as unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.