Its second act opens with the protagonist contemplating killing her children, to prevent them from being taken by Adalgisa, the new lover of Pollione.
A scene in this opera juxtaposes a chorus crying out for their day of vengeance with the soprano singing "Ah, bring back to me the beauty of our first love". At the season-opening 1958 performance of this opera at the Rome Opera House, Maria Callas infamously cancelled after singing only the first act. A character in this opera prays to her god to protect her from her love, only to immediately afterwards agree to run away with the man she loves in the duet (*) Va, Crudele. Its second act opens with the protagonist contemplating killing her children, to prevent them from being taken by Adalgisa, the new lover of Pollione. The title character use a sickle to cut the holy mistletoe in her aria Casta Diva. For 10 points, what bel canto opera about a druid priestess was composed by Vincenzo Bellini?
A scene in this opera juxtaposes a chorus crying out for their day of vengeance with the soprano singing "Ah, bring back to me the beauty of our first love".
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