L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA - Les chemins du Baroque
L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA - Les chemins du Baroque
L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA - Les chemins du Baroque
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sCene 7<br />
Seneca<br />
Seneca considers the transitory grandeur of the world.<br />
Seneca<br />
The royal and imperial purple<br />
of sharp thorns and tribulations is composed;<br />
beneath their raiment<br />
are the torments of unhappy princes:<br />
their splendid crowns<br />
only serve to adorn their sufferings.<br />
The greatness of royalty<br />
is but borrowed pomp and splendour,<br />
but the pain remains always invisible.<br />
sCene 8<br />
Pallas Athena, Seneca<br />
From the heavens Pallas Athena foretells the death of Seneca,<br />
promising him that when the time comes for him to die she will<br />
inform him through the mouth of Mercury. This she will do because<br />
he is a man of virtue and very dear to her.<br />
She is fervently thanked by Seneca.<br />
Pallas<br />
Seneca, I see ill-omened auguries in heaven<br />
that threaten you with total destruction;<br />
if today I should see your life’s end,<br />
you shall have more certain warning from Mercury.<br />
Seneca<br />
So let death come; constant and strong<br />
I shall withstand misfortune and fear ;<br />
after the passing of days of darkness,<br />
death is an infinitely dawning day.<br />
9<br />
10<br />
51<br />
Portraits<br />
des principaux<br />
protagonistes<br />
Ce que l’histoire nous en dit<br />
Néron - Poppée - Octavie<br />
Sénèque - Othon<br />
Lucain
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