Adelaide
Set in 951, the opera concerns Adelaide of Italy after the death of her husband Lothair II. She is forced by Berengar II to marry his son Adalbert.
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Set in 951, the opera concerns Adelaide of Italy after the death of her husband Lothair II. She is forced by Berengar II to marry his son Adalbert.
Aristaeus, Orpheus’s brother, also loves Eurydice, making Orpheus jealous. Aristaeus rejects Autonoe, who disguises herself as a gypsy and enlists Achilles and Hercules to help. Orpheus plans Eurydice’s murder, but she dies from a snakebite while trying to flee Aristaeus. Orpheus descends to the underworld and persuades Pluto to release her, provided he does not look back before they reach the living world. Orpheus turns and loses Eurydice again. Aristaeus accepts Autonoe, and they marry.
Set in 951, the opera concerns Adelaide of Italy after the death of her husband Lothair II. She is forced by Berengar II to marry his son Adalbert.
Aristaeus, Orpheus’s brother, also loves Eurydice, making Orpheus jealous. Aristaeus rejects Autonoe, who disguises herself as a gypsy and enlists Achilles and Hercules to help. Orpheus plans Eurydice’s murder, but she dies from a snakebite while trying to flee Aristaeus. Orpheus descends to the underworld and persuades Pluto to release her, provided he does not look back before they reach the living world. Orpheus turns and loses Eurydice again. Aristaeus accepts Autonoe, and they marry.