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| Composer | Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) |
| Period | Early |
| Librettist | Giovanni Francesco Busenello |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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LondonL'incoronazione di Poppea
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Laurence Cummings; Academy of Ancient Music; Ed Lyon; Anna Dennis; Katie Bray
ToulouseL'incoronazione di Poppea
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro; Mathilde Etienne; Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse; Antoine Fontaine; Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz; Hervé Gary; I Gemelli
DrottningholmL'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308New production
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Francesco Corti; Benjamin Lazar; Christer Nilsson; Alain Blanchot; Christophe Naillet; Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra
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An updated Poppea crowned in Melbourne
An updated staging of this 17th-century opera, with great singing and acting, is more successful than its somewhat distracting updated orchestration.
Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen
Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.
L’incoronazione di Poppea vividly brought to life at the Grange
Terrific music making with a light directorial touch brings mixed results to Monteverdi's 1643 masterpiece.
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