Nero was the first historical figure to appear in an opera. He would probably have been delighted. He was, after all, an opera singer himself.
104. L’incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi)
Tag: Giovanni Francesco Busenello
"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
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