L'incoronazione di Poppea

Composer: Monteverdi, Claudio

Librettist/Text Author: Busenello, Giovanni Francesco

Conductor: Marchi, Alessandro de

Orchestra: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Amore: Aldenheim, Amelie

Arnalta: Gonzalez-Toro, Emiliano

Drusilla: Solberg, Marita

Fortuna: Kringlebotn, Ina

Lucano: Staveland, Magnus

Nero: Laszczkowski, Jacek

Nutrice: Kruse, Tone

Ottavia: Bardon, Patricia

Ottone: Mead, Tim

Poppea: Christensen, Birgitte

Seneca: Parodi, Giovanni Battista

Valetto: Fielder, David

Virtu: Solberg, Marita

Set Designer: Birkeland, Erlend

Costume Designer: Geber, Maria

Lighting Designer: Ruge, Ellen

Stage Director: Tandberg, Ole Anders

Television Director: Bull, Stein-Roger

Television Director: Stabell, Anja

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Date of Production: 2010

Venue: Oslo Opera House

Playing Time: 02:49:17

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5892

UPC: 880242589286

Synopsis

L'incoronazione di Poppea (NTSC)

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This stunning new production of Monteverdi's The Coronoation of Poppea clothes the characters in modern dress and emphasizes the moral ambiguity of the original text. Challenging the usual operatic conventions, the controversial stage director Ole Anders Tandberg, a leading light of contemporary Scandinavian theatre, emphasises the immediacy of the lurid, dramatic plot. This radical approach, combined with the emotional impact of Monteverdi's music, enables this seventeenth century masterpiece to make a direct appeal to contemporary audiences.