Its original libretto did not include the final duet, "Pur ti Miro," which may have been written by Benedetto Ferrari or Francesco Cavalli.
Its original libretto did not include the final duet, "Pur ti Miro," which may have been written by Benedetto Ferrari or Francesco Cavalli. This opera is also unusual in its call for a male soprano in the lead role and for a male mezzo-soprano to play Ottone. The plot springs from an argument between the deities Fortuna, Virtu, and Amore, and ends with Ottone and Drusilla being exiled and Nero's ex-wife Ottavia being sent off in a ship before the title event happens. FTP, name this 1642 opera by Claude Monteverdi.
Its original libretto did not include the final duet, "Pur ti Miro," which may have been written by Benedetto Ferrari or Francesco Cavalli.
The {Coronation of Poppea} or {L’incoronazione di Poppea}