The opening season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago featured a prominent performance of this opera by Maria Callas, who gave a defining performance of the cabaletta "Ah! bello a me ritorna." The protagonist pleads with her husband to forsake his love for another woman in this opera's duet "In mia man alfin tu sei", which is fo
The opening season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago featured a prominent performance of this opera by Maria Callas, who gave a defining performance of the cabaletta "Ah! bello a me ritorna." The protagonist pleads with her husband to forsake his love for another woman in this opera's duet "In mia man alfin tu sei", which is followed by that husband's love for that woman reawakening in the duet "Qual cor tradisti". The title character of this opera raises mistletoe while praying for peace in an aria featuring a "rhapsodic" depiction of the (*) moon, "Casta Diva". The title character's subordinate Adalgisa abandons her plans to elope with the Roman proconsul, Pollione, who fathered two children by the title character and eventually roasts on a pyre with her. For 10 points, name this bel canto opera about a Druid priestess by Vincenzo Bellini.
The opening season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago featured a prominent performance of this opera by Maria Callas, who gave a defining performance of the cabaletta "
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