La Vestale
Tragédie lyrique in three acts
Libretto
Victor-Joseph Etienne de Jouy
Premiere
15 December 1897, Paris (Opera)
Cast
LICINIUS (tenor)
CINNA (tenor)
JULIA (soprano)
HIGH PRIESTESS (mezzo-soprano)
SUPREME PONTIFF (bass)
CHIEF SOOTHSAYER (bass)
CHORUS
vestal virgins, priests, matrons, young woman, senators, consuls,lictors, warriors, gladiators, prisoners, children
Place
Rome
Time