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Apr 18, 2009 · L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Directed by François Roussillon. With Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Marie Arnet, Paolo Battaglia, Lucia Cirillo.
- François Roussillon
- 2009-04-18
- Drama, Musical
- 193
L'incoronazione di Poppea (SV 308, The Coronation of Poppaea) 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 Giovanni e Paolo in Venice during the 1643 carnival season.
L'incoronazione di Poppea: Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. With Rachel Yakar, Eric Tappy, Trudeliese Schmidt, Matti Salminen.
- (50)
- Music, Drama
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
- 164
L'incoronazione di Poppea: Directed by Hans Hulscher. With Cynthia Haymon, Brigitte Balleys, Ning Liang, Michael Chance.
- (7)
- Drama, Musical
- Hans Hulscher
- 202
Dec 4, 2008 · Nero is inside, romancing Poppea. As the lovers emerge, Poppea makes Nero promise to get rid of his wife, Octavia, and crown Poppea as empress. Meanwhile, Octavia knows exactly what Nero is up to.
The story of Nero's ruthless bid to exile his wife and crown his mistress, Poppea, as his empress. The opera premiered in 1642 in Venice, about 40 years after opera itself was invented. Monteverdi was particularly interested in using the power of music to express the text and he broke with the...
At the very end of his life he wrote L'incoronazione di Poppea. The opera marked a decisive move from allegorical and mythic elements towards a historical subject - the love affair between the Roman Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea.
