Roles Silvia, a courtesan - soprano Zanetto, a young poet and minstrel - mezzo-soprano INTRODUCTION—CHORUS WITHOUT WORDS SCENE I SILVIA, alone SILVIA Against love are my curses; I've no tears any...
Dramma per musica in three acts Libretto: Vincenzo Grimani First performance: 26 December 1709 (Venice - Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo) Cast: CLAUDIUS, Roman emperor AGRIPPINA, Claudius's wife ...
Act 1 Scene 1 The Scene is the Temple of Juno, near the Altar is a Golden Image of the Goddess. Priests are in their Solemnities, as after a Sacrifice newly offer'd: Flames arise from the Altar, and...
Nothing! In vain I question in my ardent vigil Nature and the creator; Not a voice slips to my ear A word of consolation! I languished, sad and solitary Without being able to break the tie Which...
Overture Act I Scene 1 The grand square in the city of Pherae, bounded by the Royal Palace with its great door and balcony above. As the curtain rises the whole square is seen crowded with People...
ACT I (Year 1 of Akhnaten's Reign Thebes. The opera begins with an orchestral Prelude. The curtain rises towards the end of the Prelude, revealing the...
VOCAL TRIO When the tolling of the temple bell Told me that dawn and my vigil's end had come at last I felt as though I'd passed a hundred Autumn nights. Scene 1 (Spring) SARASHINA, VOCAL TRIO...