Digging Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” for #commuterelief this morning. The audio on this post is an astonishingly beautiful scene.
#monteverdi #poppea #music #musicsky #classicalmusic #opera

youtu.be/-x9aM8x8ogw?...

Revisiting the House of the Golden Cupids. The peristyle garden is stunning. It held shrines to both Egyptian deities and the Roman Capitoline Triad. Hellenistic sculptures once adorned the space, and golden medallions with Cupids gave the house its name.

#Pompeii #RomanHistory #Peristyle #Poppea

Ed ecco che tutti si dimenticano di #Beatrice per l'arrivo di #Poppea. Basta un'allusione sessuale per far dimenticare una fanciulla.