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Wilson's stunning L'incoronazione di Poppea at La Scala

By James Imam, 16 February 2015
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Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 13 February 2015
Programme
Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Performers
Teatro alla Scala
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor
Robert Wilson, Director, Set Designer
Jacques Raynaud, Costume Designer
Silvia Frigato, Amore
Mária Celeng, Drusilla
Miah Persson, Poppea
Leonardo Cortellazzi, Nerone
Monica Bacelli, Ottavia
Adriana di Paola, Arnalta
Luca Dordolo, Lucano
Furio Zanasi, Liberto
Andrea Concetti, Seneca
Giuseppe de Vittorio, Nutrice
Sara Mingardo, Ottone
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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James Imam
James Imam
James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.