Poppea // Poppea

Composer: Westhoff, Johann Paul von

Composer: Monteverdi, Claudio

Composer: Schumann, Robert

Composer: Geminiani, Francesco

Composer: Power, Cat

Composer: Torrini, Emiliana

Composer: Donner, Martin

Ballet Company: Gauthier Dance

Choreographer: Spuck, Christian

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Corps de Ballet: Gauthier Dance

Television Director: Vialkowitsch, Nikolai

Lighting Designer: Traub, Reinhard

Set Designer: Ryott, Emma

Costumer Designer: Ryott, Emma

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Date of Production: 2013

Venue: Theaterhaus Stuttgart

Playing Time: 01:17:31

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5974

UPC: 880242597489

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For this production, Christian Spuck was inspired by Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea. The story of the manager of the Emperor Nero and Poppea Sabina still brings a chill to audiences today, portraying as it does the cruel lust for power and passion at the court of the Roman ruler. In the end, all succumb to the elemental force of a totally amoral idea of love, and the boundaries between reality and fiction become blurred. What began as a game becomes deadly serious when the explosive mix of emotions reveals its fateful consequences.

Christian Spuck has created a compelling piece of experimental choreography from this remarkable opera plot, producing a ballet which incorporates film and spoken elements.