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Composer of the Week: Monteverdi

BBC Radio 3
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With Simon Heighes.
Opera for All. In the late 1630s, Monteverdi was an enthusiastic supporter of new public opera houses opening in Venice. One of his first pieces for them - L'Incoronazione di Poppea - created a sensation through its searing portrayal of passion, love and betrayal at the court of Emperor Nero. Simon Heighes introduces excerpts from this work and from the public opera Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria.
(Repeated next Friday 12 midnight)

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Simon Heighes
Source: Radio Times

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