Motezuma
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Motezuma, RV 723, is an opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi with an Italian libretto by Alvise Giusti. The libretto is very loosely based on the life of the Aztec ruler Montezuma who died in 1520.
18th-century depiction of the Aztec ruler Montezuma, the opera's protagonist
Title page of the libretto printed for the Venice premiere in 1733
Montezuma (Sessions opera)
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Montezuma is an opera in three acts by the American composer Roger Sessions, with an English libretto by Giuseppe Antonio Borgese that incorporates bits of the Aztec language, Nahuatl, as well as Span
Cortez and Malinche meet Montezuma in Tenochtitlán