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Some performances of this opera eliminate the traditional massive gong strikes near the end of the trio "Oh! Di qual sei tu vittima." One of its characters entreats God to protect her in the aria "Sgombra è la sacra selva." This opera's protagonist sings "Teneri, teneri figli" while holding a dagger and contemplating murdering her children in their sleep, and later remits responsibility for those children to Oroveso. One of its characters expresses his love for the handmaid Adalgisa in the aria "Meco all'altar di Venere," while another cuts mistletoe while praying to a moon goddess in its most famous aria, "Casta Diva." At this opera's end, the Roman proconsul Pollione joins the title character on a funeral pyre. For 10 points, name this Vincenzo Bellini opera about a Druid priestess.
Some performances of this opera eliminate the traditional massive gong strikes near the end of the trio
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