Anna Netrebko & Elīna Garanča – Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, Act 1: Ah perdona al primo affetto

Vitellia, daughter of the late emperor Vitellio, wants revenge against Tito. She stirs up Tito’s vacillating friend Sesto, who is in love with her, to act against him. But when she hears word that Tito has sent Berenice of Cilicia, of whom she was jealous, back to Jerusalem, Vitellia tells Sesto to delay carrying out her wishes, hoping Tito will choose her as his empress. Tito, however, decides to choose Sesto’s sister Servilia to be his empress, and orders Annio to bear the message to Servilia. Since Annio and Servilia, unbeknownst to Tito, are in love, this news is very unwelcome to both. Elīna Garanča and Anna Netrebko sing the duet of the young lovers, Servilia and Annio, from Mozart’s opera La clemenza di Tito. Anna Netrebko & Elīna Garanča – Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, Act 1: Ah perdona al primo affetto Listen to ’The Mozart album’ here: Subscribe here – The Best Of Classical Music: _________