Porzia

SCENE: _The terrace of Act I, but lit wanly now by the moon, whose sheen is cast like a pall over the city and kindles the Bay to quivering silver. Thro the open door of the hou...

SCENE: _A sala, or hall, in the house of Rizzio. Its spacious walls and ceiling are frescoed with Virgilian scenes of a simpler and more beautiful kind than was usual to the dec...

RIZZIO DI ROSSI _A young Leader of the Literati at Naples, suspected of heresy_ OSIO _His Brother_ PORZIA _His Wife_ ALOYSIUS _Her Uncle, a Physician_ BIANCA _Her Cousin, a Flor...