" The title character of this work is described as bearing a golden sickle, and she cuts a mistletoe branch before praying to the moon goddess in 'Casta Diva.'
This work uses the same cello melody to introduce both "Dormono entrambi" and "Teneri, teneri figli", wherein the title character considers her two children. Two characters commemorate their friendship in "si, fino all'ore estreme." The title character of this work is described as bearing a golden sickle, and she cuts a mistletoe branch before praying to the moon goddess in 'Casta Diva.' One character speaks of his vision in "Meco all'altar di Venere" and plans to abduct Adalgisia from the temple of Irminsul, though he ends up joining the title character in a Druidic pyre. For 10 points, name this opera whose protagonist who dies with her beloved, the Roman Pollione, a work of Vincenzo Bellini.
This work uses the same cello melody to introduce both "Dormono entrambi" and "Teneri, teneri figli", wherein the title character considers her two children.
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