An interlude early in Act I has the Old Man, Young Guard, and the Nurse reflect over the morality of the title character's decision to have his unwanted child put to death.
An interlude early in Act I has the Old Man, Young Guard, and the Nurse reflect over the morality of the title character's decision to have his unwanted child put to death. Another important interlude occurs in Act III as the penultimate scene of the opera, where Hermes sings of the power of music. As Troy burns outside in the final scene, Paris leaves Helen with the title character and goes out to kill Achilles. FTP, name this Michael Tippett opera that ends with the title character being killed at the altar by Neoptolemus.
An interlude early in Act I has the Old Man, Young Guard, and the Nurse reflect over the morality of the title character's decision to have his unwanted child put to death.
{King Priam}