Overview
Character Name
Cornelia
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Contralto
Vocal Range
High Note: D5
Low Note: B3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Egypt, 48 B.C.
Analysis
Cornelia starts the opera pleading for her husband’s life to be spared and overjoyed when Cesare grants him a pardon. Unknown to them, it is already too late. Within moments of the pardon being issued, Achilla arrives with Pompeo’s head in a bowl: a gift from the king.
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