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English Touring Opera: Coronation of Poppea

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Snape Maltings Concert HallSnape, East of England, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Performers
English Touring Opera
James HamConductor
Robin Norton-HaleDirector
Basia BińkowskaSet Designer, Costume Designer
Charlie Morgan JonesLighting Designer
Jessica CaleSopranoPoppea
Martha JonesMezzo-sopranoNerone
Kezia BienekMezzo-sopranoOttavia
Feargal Mostyn-WilliamsCountertenorOttone
Trevor BowesBassSeneca
Keith PunCountertenorAmore
Julia MarikoSopranoLa Virtù
Amy J PayneSopranoArnalta
Zahid SiddiquiTenorLucano
Richard PinkstoneTenorLiberto
Theo PerryBaritoneConsole, Mercurio

With music and characterisation which still feel strikingly modern, Monteverdi’s darkly entertaining depiction of violence and intrigue at the court of the Emperor Nero was one of the first operatic masterpieces.

Robin Norton-Hale directs this new production, with multi-genre musician and composer Yshani Perinpanayagam as conductor and arranger and a new English translation of the libretto from poet and classicist Helen Eastman.

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