Tiroler Festspiele - Berlioz: CLÉOPÂTRE | Giacomo Puccini: SUOR ANGELICA

Cleopatra is a cantata by the 26-year-old Hector Berlioz, which he submitted for the Prix de Rome competition. It tells in the form of a monologue the last minutes that the Egyptian queen has left after taking the deadly poison. The scene is one of Berlioz's most impressive compositions. Similar to Suor