Première Night:

L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Monteverdi

Minutes of ovational applause!

https://reisopera.nl/programma/l-incoronazione-di-poppea

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Hermeticism and Shagging: Robin Norton-Hale's staging of Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea opens the new season at English Touring Opera.

Metaphysical yet coarsely demotic, it's strong on sexual ambiguity, weak on imperial politics, and very flawed overall despite some nice singing.

My review for The Guardian:-

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/01/the-coronation-of-poppea-review-english-touring-opera-robin-norton-hale

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giuro che se domani #poppea non arriva anche al #nordest, come promesso, la vado a prendere personalmente 😉

The terrific #Liceu #Poppea directed by #Bieito conducted by #Savall and a starry cast of #Fuchs #Sabata #Kozena and our very own (surely the hottest Nerone) #DavidHansen is available free to stream on #ArteTV. As expected from Bieito, plenty of flesh and blood... And underwear...

"Pur ti miro, pur ti godo ......"

Tatiana Troyans and Eric Tappy in the final scene of Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, in San Francisco in 1975, conducted by Raymond Leppard.

This is Leppard's realisation of the score, which many nowadays would be deem 'inauthentic.' But this is so utterly beautiful, I don't care.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJOUblWmUEQ

Monteverdi died #OTD in 1643.

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