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Au Theater Basel, le sacre de Poppée par Marthaler et Cummings à l’heure de la Realpolitik

Le Couronnement de Poppée au Theater Basel
© Ingo Höhn
Le Couronnement de Poppée au Theater Basel
© Ingo Höhn
Le Couronnement de Poppée au Theater Basel
© Ingo Höhn
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“le pari est simple, radical, prodigieux”
Reviewed at Theater Basel, Basel on 23 March 2024
Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Theater Basel
Laurence Cummings, Conductor
Christoph Marthaler, Director
Anna Viebrock, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Cornelius Hunziker, Lighting Designer
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Jake Arditti, Nerone
Kerstin Avemo, Poppea
Andrew Murphy, Seneca
Anne Sofie von Otter, Ottavia
Owen Willetts, Ottone
Rosemary Hardy, Amore, Valletto, Pallade
Stuart Jackson, Arnalta
Lulama Taifasi, Lucano, Soldato 1
Karl-Heinz Brandt, Liberto, Console
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Drusilla
Graham F. Valentine, Nutrice
Jasin Rammal-Rykała, Littore, Tribuno, Soldato 2
Liliana Benini, Actor
A striking Lucia di Lammermoor in Basel
****1
Hailing from No-man’s land: Pelléas et Mélisande in Basel
****1
Love finds a balm for pain in Basel
***11
A noble case for civil disobedience
*****
An elemental ancient ritual
****1
Sexism and callousness in Theater Basel's Don Giovanni
***11
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