Eteocle e Polinice
The libretto retells the conflict of Eteocles and Polynices over Thebes, but ends happily: Antigone reunites with Tideo, Eteocles with Deifile, and Adrastus oversees the restoration of peace.
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The libretto retells the conflict of Eteocles and Polynices over Thebes, but ends happily: Antigone reunites with Tideo, Eteocles with Deifile, and Adrastus oversees the restoration of peace.
The opera follows Giustino's rise from a poor farmer to emperor.
After the Titans are defeated, the Olympian gods divide the world. Venus drives the central conflict by tempting the other gods into debauchery; Saturn is the exception.
During the siege of Rome, Clelia considers killing her child and herself rather than letting them fall into enemy hands, while Marzia is captured by Totila after he falls in love with her. Clelia offers herself to Vitige for her freedom, but he spares her. Marzia rejects Totila, who binds her to his ship’s mast; a storm sinks the ship and Lepido rescues her. Clelia disguises herself as a soldier and challenges Vitige, while Belisarius frees Servius and imprisons Vitige. In disguise, Totila plots against Belisarius, but Vitige refuses to kill the magnanimous general. After Publicola wounds Totila by mistake, Belisarius helps him; Clelia and Publicola reunite, and the commanders offer peace if Totila becomes Justinian’s vassal.
The opera's characters include Tiridate, king of Assyria; Radamisto, a defeated king disguised as Creonte; Zenobia, Radamisto's wife; and Doriclea, also known as Ismene, a princess. The cast also includes court officers, servants, a shepherd, a wizard, a jester, and a chorus.
The libretto retells the conflict of Eteocles and Polynices over Thebes, but ends happily: Antigone reunites with Tideo, Eteocles with Deifile, and Adrastus oversees the restoration of peace.
The opera follows Giustino's rise from a poor farmer to emperor.
After the Titans are defeated, the Olympian gods divide the world. Venus drives the central conflict by tempting the other gods into debauchery; Saturn is the exception.
During the siege of Rome, Clelia considers killing her child and herself rather than letting them fall into enemy hands, while Marzia is captured by Totila after he falls in love with her. Clelia offers herself to Vitige for her freedom, but he spares her. Marzia rejects Totila, who binds her to his ship’s mast; a storm sinks the ship and Lepido rescues her. Clelia disguises herself as a soldier and challenges Vitige, while Belisarius frees Servius and imprisons Vitige. In disguise, Totila plots against Belisarius, but Vitige refuses to kill the magnanimous general. After Publicola wounds Totila by mistake, Belisarius helps him; Clelia and Publicola reunite, and the commanders offer peace if Totila becomes Justinian’s vassal.
The opera's characters include Tiridate, king of Assyria; Radamisto, a defeated king disguised as Creonte; Zenobia, Radamisto's wife; and Doriclea, also known as Ismene, a princess. The cast also includes court officers, servants, a shepherd, a wizard, a jester, and a chorus.