Hungarian State Opera delightfully revamps L’incoronazione di Poppea

Von Jenny Camilleri, 14 März 2021

Laden, bitte warten...

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“he plans to graduate from mistress to spouse whatever the cost... as long as other people pay”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Eiffel Art Studios: Bánffy Stage, Budapest, am 13 März 2021

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea (Die Krönung der Poppea), SV 308 (arr. Máté Bella)

Hungarian State Opera

Gergely Vajda, Musikalische Leitung

András Almási-Toth, Regie

Lili Izsák, Bühnenbild

Krisztina Lisztopád, Kostüme

Tibor Szappanos, Nerone

Bori Keszei, Poppea

Péter Fried, Seneca

Andrea Szántó, Ottavia

Krisztián Cser, Ottone

Zoltán Daragó, Amore

Andrea Brassói-Jőrös, La Virtù

Bernadett Wiedemann, Arnalta

Gergely Dargó, Lucano

Eszter Zemlényi, Drusilla

Mária Farkasréti, Nutrice

Diána Ivett Kiss, La Fortuna

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.