Rosa Ponselle caused a sensation by singing the lead role of this opera in the Met's 1927 revival of it.
Rosa Ponselle caused a sensation by singing the lead role of this opera in the Met's 1927 revival of it. One character in this opera confesses that she has been seeing a lover in the duet "Sola, furtivo, al tiempo." In the final act of the opera, one character strikes a shield three times, inspiring the frenzied chorus "Guerra, guerra!" Its main character tells a man that his life is in her hands in the duet "In mia man alfin tu sei," and begins the second act by contemplating her sleeping children and being unable to murder them with a dagger. During a mistletoe ceremony dedicated to Irminsul, this opera's title character sings an aria praising the peace brought by that "chaste goddess." Its title character becomes furious upon learning that Adalgisa is seeing her former lover Pollione, sings the aria "Casta Diva," and ends the opera by immolating herself on a funeral pyre. For 10 points, name this bel canto opera about a Druid priestess by Vincenzo Bellini.
Rosa Ponselle caused a sensation by singing the lead role of this opera in the Met's 1927 revival of it.
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