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| Composer | Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) |
| Period | Early |
| Librettist | Giovanni Francesco Busenello |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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AugsburgL'incoronazione di PoppeaNew production
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Sebastiaan van Yperen; André Bücker; Staatstheater Augsburg; Robi Voigt; Aleksandra Kica; Marco Vitale; Augsburger Philharmoniker
CopenhagenL'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308New production
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Lars Ulrik Mortensen; Christoph Marthaler; Royal Danish Opera; Anna Viebrock; Cornelius Hunziker; Concerto Copenhagen
LyonLe Couronnement de PoppéeNew production
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Simon-Pierre Bestion; Tatjana Gürbaca; Opéra de Lyon; Marc Weeger; Dinah Ehm; Stefan Bolliger; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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L’incoronazione di Poppea vividly brought to life at the Grange
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Terrific music making with a light directorial touch brings mixed results to Monteverdi's 1643 masterpiece.
Vivid Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea from ETO
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Harmonious images and geometric designs frame an effective staging and well sung performance of Monteverdi's last opera.
Calixto Bieito's L’incoronazione di Poppea revived in Zürich
Julie Fuchs and Delphine Galou shine in this revival and the Orchestra La Scintilla gives a great performance under Ottavio Dantone’s baton.
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From Paris to Weimar with Anne Sofie von Otter
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Ahead of an appearance at London’s Cadogan Hall, the Swedish mezzo-soprano talks about her love for French and German song, and combining intimate performances with opera singing on a much larger scale.
Bachtrack top ten: cynics, stalkers and obsessives
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Flowers, wine and serenades not doing it for you on Valentine's Day? Then we prescribe a dose of our cynics playlist, which should cure you of all romantic thoughts... at least for an hour or so.
Bachtrack top ten: Operatic farewells
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Our editors dry their tears and share their top ten operatic farewells. Handkerchiefs at the ready...