L'incoronazione di Poppea
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L'incoronazione di Poppea is an Italian opera by Claudio Monteverdi. It was Monteverdi's last opera, with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello, and was first performed at the Teatro Santi Giovan
Title page of the 1656 publication of the libretto, with the variant spelling L'incoronatione
Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, Monteverdi's employer during his Mantua years when the composer wrote his early operas
Giovanni Francesco Busenello, librettist of L'incoronazione di Poppea
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudia Octavia
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Claudia Octavia was a Roman empress. She was the daughter of the Emperor Claudius and Valeria Messalina. After her mother's death and father's remarriage to her cousin Agrippina the Younger, she becam
Portrait head of Claudia Octavia, National Museum of Rome
Octavia as a child, statue at the Archaeological and Art Museum of Maremma in Tuscany
Bust of Octavia, Cleveland Museum of Art
Coin of Claudia Octavia