Anna Netrebko Elīna Garanča Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, Act 1: Ah perdona al primo affetto

Vitellia, daughter of the late emperor Vitellio, wants revenge against Tito. She stirs up Tito s vacillating friend Sesto, who is in love with her, to act against him. But when she hears word that Tito has sent Berenice of Cilicia, of whom she was jealous, back to Jerusalem, Vitellia tells Sesto to delay carrying out her wishes, hoping Tito will choose her as his empress. Tito, however, decides to choose Sesto s sister Servilia to be his empress, and orders Annio to bear the message to Servilia. Since Annio