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Jul 12, 2023 · Love, power and ambition collide on the stage of Barcelona’s Teatre de Liceu in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, directed by Calixto Bieito. Read more. L’incoronazione di Poppea, the historic opera by Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, can be legitimately described as a miracle.
- Corentin Leconte
- 187 min
- Magdalena Kožená (Octavia)
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.
May 11, 2017 · The coronation of Poppea differed from Monteverdi's other operas because it decided to highlight the baser natures of humans, rather than the lofty natures of the gods. The final duet in the opera is one of the most poignant moments.
2 days ago · Hannah French presents Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea from the Liceu Theatre, Barcelona, starring Julie Fuchs, Magdalena Kožená and David Hansen and conducted by Jordi Savall. Show more.
Jun 10, 2024 · Seen through an episode in the life of the Roman emperor Nero, who abandons his wife Ottavia for the seductive charms of Poppea, the opera’s triumph of vice over virtue is clearly a reversal of conventional morality.
- David Truslove
Nov 28, 2017 · Finally the wicked Nero is alone with the object of his lust, Poppea, the pair having left a trail of death and desolation in their wake as they stop at nothing to be together. Wickedness triumphs ...
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...
