Event listing: The Coronation of Poppea | King's Head Theatre, Islington | Tue 30 Aug 2011 at 19:15

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King's Head Theatre, Islington115 Upper Street, London, Greater London, N1 1QN, United Kingdom

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Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)

L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308

Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello

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Written near to his death, Claudio Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea – a Roman tale of obsession, jealousy and betrayal – launched the medium of opera onto the stage and in doing so changed the course of music history forever.

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