Sacrifice to passion: L’incoronazione di Poppea in Salzburg

By Laura Servidei, 13 August 2018

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“without vulgar of explicit acting, the sensuousness between them was palpable”

Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 12 August 2018

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308

William Christie, Conductor

Jan Lauwers, Director, Set Designer

Lemm & Barkey, Costume Designer

Sonya Yoncheva, Poppea

Kate Lindsey, Nerone

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Ottavia

Carlo Vistoli, Ottone

Renato Dolcini, Seneca

Ana Quintans, La Virtù, Drusilla

Marcel Beekman, Nutrice

Dominique Visse, Arnalta

Lea Desandre, Amore, Valletto

Alessandro Fisher, Lucano

David Webb, Liberto

Virgile Ancely, Mercurio

Claire Debono, Soprano

Sarah Lutz, Dancer

Mélissa Guérin, Dancer

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.