When asked to reveal the identity of the "perjured virgin", the title character does not call out Adalgisa, but throws herself on the funeral pyre with her Roman lover Polline.
The tenor in this opera admits to Flavio that he plans to take his lover to his home city despite his ominous dreams in the aria "Meco all'altar di Venere", while the pleadings of Oroveso convince the soprano to ask for the power to "scatter on earth the peace / Thou make reign in the sky" during her prayer to the "chaste goddess" in the aria "Casta Diva." The title character considers killing her (*) illegitimate children, but instead leads a call for war, which requires a sacrifice of a virgin who has just sinned. When asked to reveal the identity of the "perjured virgin", the title character does not call out Adalgisa, but throws herself on the funeral pyre with her Roman lover Polline. For 10 points, Name this opera about the title high priest of the Druids composed by Vincenzo Bellini.
The tenor in this opera admits to Flavio that he plans to take his lover to his home city despite his ominous dreams in the aria "Meco all'altar di Venere", while the pleadings of Oroveso convince the soprano to ask for the power to "scatter on earth the peace / Thou make reign in the sky" during her prayer to the "chaste goddess" in the aria "Casta Diva.
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