Name: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Start: 2008-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-07-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Tamara Mumford

Octavia

Marie Arnet

Drusilla

Bass

Paolo Battaglia

Seneca

Contralto

Dominique Visse

Octavia's Nurse

Claire Ormshaw

Damsel

Countertenor

Lucia Cirillo

The valet

Conductor

Emmanuelle Haïm

Stage director

Robert Carsen

Set designer

Michael Levine

Costume designer

Constance Hoffman

Lighting designer

Peter van Praet

Trevor Scheunemann

Mercury

Patrick Schramm

Lictor

Tenor

Andrew Tortise

Lucan

Two soldiers

Peter Gijsbertsen

Liberto

Sonya Yoncheva

Fortune

Simona Mihai

Virtue

Amy Freston

Love

Christophe Dumaux

Otho

Iestyn Davies

Danielle de Niese

Poppea

Alice Coote

Nero

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

Arnalta

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Others

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Glyndebourne

L'incoronazione di Poppea -  (The Coronation of Poppea)

United Kingdom

Opera House

Ebert Room

Lewes

An early baroque masterpiece, Monteverdi's L’incoronazione di Poppea was inspired by The Annals by Tacitus and celebrates the love of the emperor Nero and the courtesan Poppea. Filmed at the 2008 Glyndebourne Festival, Robert Carsen’s production brings together Danielle de Niese, Alice Coote and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under the direction of Emmanuelle Haïm.

L’incoronazione di Poppea premiered during carnival season in Venice in 1643, but the story it tells is far from festive. It follows the rise to power of Poppea, the mistress of the emperor Nero, whose unbounded ambition eventually leads her to be crowned as empress at his side. The opera breaks literary traditions, centering its plot around a pair of morally compromised anti-heros, and features strikingly original music, filled with dissonance that strike even today’s audiences as modern.

In his staging of L’incoronazione di Poppea, director Robert Carsen created a stark world dominated by the visual metaphor of crimson drapes that decorate adulterous bedchambers and cloth sadistic tyrants. Stars Alice Coote and Danielle de Niese embody the bloody lovers Nero and Poppea with aplomb, supported by the Glyndebourne Chorus and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under the baton of Emmanuelle Haïm.

L'incoronazione di Poppea Monteverdi

Public

The Coronation of Poppea

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Lincoronazione di Poppea, part of the 2008 Glyndebourne Festival. Starring Danielle de Niese and Alice Coote.

The Coronation of Poppea Trailer - Glyndebourne Festival

The Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi, Wed 04 Jun 2008, From (2008/2008), Directed by Robert Carsen,, Conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, Opera House, Glyndebourne, United Kingdom

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