Duration193 Min
Gardiner conducts Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Opera
Teatro la Fenice
Production Date: 01/01/2017
Duration193 Min
Video Formats
Power corrupts; but lust can corrupt absolutely. The bloody story of the Emperor Nero's palace intrigues and the unstoppable rise of his mistress Poppea is a cautionary tale told with a dangerously seductive smile. Monteverdi's final completed opera is also his most sensuous, and nearly four centuries on, it's lost none of its power – or beauty. In this concert staging, created for La Fenice in Venice to celebrate the composer's 450th birthday in 2017, a truly world-class cast joins the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner – possibly the most distinguished (and celebrated) Monteverdi interpreter of modern times.
- Soloists:
- Anna Dennis (Soprano), Hana Blažíková (Soprano), Lucile Richardot (Mezzo-Soprano), Marianna Pizzolato (Mezzo-Soprano), Kangmin Justin Kim (Countertenor), Carlo Vistoli (Countertenor), Gianluca Buratto (Bass), Silvia Frigato (Soprano), Furio Zanasi (Baritone), Robert Burt (Tenor), Gareth Treseder (Tenor), Zachary Wilder (Tenor), Francesca Boncompagni (Soprano), John Taylor Ward (Bass-Baritone), Michał Czerniawski (Countertenor)
- Ensembles:
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Conductor:
- John Eliot Gardiner
