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The Coronation of Poppea Monteverdi 's brilliantly seductive music drama comes to English National Opera in a new production by Steven Pimlott with a new English translation by Christopher Cowell. The Roman emperor Nerone unscrupulously pursues the beautiful
Poppea, spurning his empress Octavia and condemning the statesman Seneca to death. Meanwhile, Octavia intrigues with Ottoneto kill her rival, little knowing that Ottone is also in thrall to Poppea.
Monteverdi imbues his characters with colourful and fallible humanity in this crowning masterpiece of his career.
English National Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Harry Christophers

Contributors

Unknown:
Poppea Monteverdi
Production By:
Steven Pimlott
Translation By:
Christopher Cowell.
Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Poppea:
Alice Coote(soprano)
Ottone:
Michael Chance(countertenor)
Nerone:
David Walker(countertenor)
Ottavia:
Sarah Connolly(mezzo)
Drusilla:
Susan Grltton(soprano)
Seneca:
Eric Owens(bass)
Arnalta Anne-:
Marie Owens(mezzo)
Damigella:
Kate Flowers(soprano)
First soldier/First friend:
Mark Le Brocq(tenor)
Valletto Toby:
Stafford Allen(baritone)
Liberto/Lucano:
James Oxley(tenor)
Second soldier/Second friend:
Mark Wilde(tenor)
Lictor/Third friend:
Mark Beesley(bass)
Mercury:
Graeme Danby(bass)
Virtue:
Unda Richardson(soprano)
Love:
Carolyn Sampson(soprano)
Fortune:
Joanne Lunn(mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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