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daughter, who had concealed Agnese. Basilio furiously says that all who repeat the witch's words will lose their tongue. However, alone with
Silvana, Basilio admits that it the words were true – at first he had come under an enchantment, but he now really loved her. Alone again Silvana wonders whether she in fact also has such powers; to test it she whispers 'Donello'... who appears forth. They embrace.
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Byzantium. Donello initially refuses before realizing that he has the chance to break free of his desires, so he makes to leave. Silvana charges Basilio's mother with plotting to separate her and Donello, then claiming that Basilio has denied her a proper life, that she had wished him dead, with which Basilio collapses. Eudossia charges Silvana with sorcery for killing her son.
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how sad she feels in the palace. A crowd is heard off-stage in pursuit of Agnese di Cervia, a friend of
Silvana's mother, accused of sorcery and infanticide. Agnese appears to Silvana and begs to be hidden. Silvana obliges, and although Silvana tries to make her swear she has no magic powers, Agnese forestalls this.
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Donello's chamber where he and Silvana sing of their love. They are interrupted by the appearance of Eudossia who guesses the situation. Eudossia holds back Silvana and when Basilio arrives, broken, he bitterly tells Donello that Empress Irene has bade the young man
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Basilio's son by his first marriage, Donello, arrives home after many years away and addresses
Silvana whom he knew when she was a young girl; Donello and a friend had been led to the house of Agnese to heal a wound. Warm feelings are rekindled between them. On the prompting of Eudossia the house is
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Silvana declares her innocence; Donello asks for her absolution. Eudossia repeats what Agnese had sworn at the stake and insists that
Silvana must prove that she is sinless by taking an oath on a religious relic. Abandoned by all, Silvana breaks down and cannot utter the oath; she is condemned.
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Basilio and his retinue enter, preparing for war with the Pope. Alone, with
Basilio and Donello, Silvana insists that Donello recount what Agnese said before her execution. He affirms that at the stake Agnese had uttered that it was Silvana, whose mother had used spells to make the Exarch wed her
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Basilio's summer villa. His aged mother, Eudossia watches while servants and lady in waiting Monica weave, and sing as they work. Eudossia leaves, and the girls talk happily, while the chatter turns to witchcraft. Basilio's young wife Silvana enters and confesses to Monica
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After its premiere the work was produced in Buenos Aires and
Montevideo (both in Italian) (1934), Budapest (in Hungarian), Chicago (in Italian), and Milan (1935), and in Florence (1938) using a production from Budapest. After the war it was staged again at La Scala (1955), then Rome (1956) and
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Basilio's palace Donello plays with the servant girls. Silvana comes in and challenges Monica about her behaviour, who confesses that she is in love with Donello. Silvana tells Monica that this cannot be, Donello is merely toying with her, and Monica is expelled to a convent.
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178:Roles, voice types, premier cast
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571:Agnese: Maria Teresa Mandalari
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192:Premiere cast, 23 January 1934
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194:Conductor: Ottorino Respighi
602:Basilio: Sándor Sólyom-Nagy
146:Anne Pedersdotter, The Witch
76:Anne Pedersdotter, The Witch
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906:La bella dormente nel bosco
649:Eudossia: Mariana Pentcheva
542:Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
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484:Time: Seventh century AD
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1177:Italian-language operas
1026:Ancient Airs and Dances
676:", in Kaminski, Piotr.
651:Agnese: Cinzia de Mola
569:Eudossia: Lucia Danieli
162:Teatro Reale dell'Opera
102:Teatro Reale dell'Opera
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780:– Love and Witchcraft"
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158:La fiamma
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24:La fiamma
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