The title character of this opera sings "Hope, you continue to beguile my heart," and joins in afinale duet, "Pur ti miro, pur ti godo.
The title character of this opera sings "Hope, you continue to beguile my heart," and joins in afinale duet, "Pur ti miro, pur ti godo." A character in this opera comments "let us sing" afterhearing that the singer of "Friends, the Hour Has Come" has killed himself due to the fact that "thetyrant's commands are quite irrational." Giovanni Francesco Busenello's libretto begins with Hope,Fortune, and Virtue introducing the plot in a prologue. A murder plot prevented by Cupid leads to afalse accusation against (*) Drusilla in this opera, which includes the farewell song "Addio Roma."Seneca tries to persuade the major male character of this opera to remain with Octavia, rather thandivorcing her to marry the fiancÃ©e of Otho. For 10 points, name this historical opera about Nero's secondmarriage, written by Claudio Monteverdi.
The title character of this opera sings "Hope, you continue to beguile my heart," and joins in afinale duet, "Pur ti miro, pur ti godo.
The Coronation of Poppea [or L'Incoronazione di Poppea]