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He was elected consul in 48, and served as proconsular governor of Africa in either 60 or 61. In 68, he was chosen to command the army of Germania Inferior by emperor Galba. He was later proclaimed emperor in January by the armies of Germania Inferior and Superior, beginning a revolt against Galba. [10]
Vitellia finally decides to confess all to Tito, giving up her hopes of empire (rondo "Non più di fiori" with basset horn obbligato). In the amphitheatre, the condemned (including Sesto) are waiting to be thrown to the wild beasts. Tito is about to show mercy, when Vitellia offers her confession as the instigator of Sesto's plot.
Vitellia was a Roman noblewoman, who was the daughter of the emperor Aulus Vitellius and was married to the Roman senator Decimus Valerius Asiaticus. A fictionalised Vitellia is a central character in the opera La clemenza di Tito by Mozart.
Oct 24, 2005 · Vitellia plots to assassinate the Emperor Titus, whose father, Vespasian, had dethroned her father, Vitellius. Her hopes of returning to the throne as the consort of Titus have come to nothing because Titus wishes to marry Berenice, the daughter of the King of Judaea.
Nov 3, 2007 · Mozart's "La clemenza di Tito" at Salzburg Opera Festival, 2003, with Michael Shade (Tito), Vesselina Kasarova (Sesto) and Dorothea Röschmann (Vitellia).
Daughter of the deposed Emperor Vitellius. Rejected by the Emperor Tito in favour of another bride, she plots his assassination. He escapes death and displays his clemency by forgiving her. Arias: Deh, se piacer mi vuoi (‘Ah, if you wish to please me’); Non piú di fiori (‘No more flowers’).
Apr 11, 2014 · Nina Bernsteiner. 604 subscribers. Subscribed. 70. 8.1K views 10 years ago. Innsbrucker Festwochen der alten Musik 2013 Vitellia: Nina Bernsteiner Alessandro de Marchi conducts the Academia...
