L’incoronazione di Poppea is Claudio Monteverdi’s (1567-1643) last opera. It was premiered at Teatro di Giovanni e Paolo in Venice in 1642 and was given its first professional production at Glyndebourne in 1962.
The plot, by librettist Busenello, is suggested in the prologue with the apparent triumph of Love over Virtue and Fortune. Love, reflected through Nerone’s blind infatuation for the amoral and relentlessly ambitious Poppea, is powerfully illustrated in one of the most beautiful love duets ever written at the conclusion of this masterpiece.
The internationally acclaimed director Robert Carsen will direct this new production for the 2008 Festival. Baroque specialist, Emmanuelle Haïm, will conduct the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Danielle de Niese, following her critical success as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, will return as Poppea, with Alice Coote in her Glyndebourne debut, as Nerone.
Synopsis
Detailed plot outline of Monteverdi's last work, first performed at Glyndebourne in 1962.
Edition Details
Orchestration and further details about this production of L'incoronazione di Poppea.
Cleopatra and Glyndebourne
Danielle de Niese will be playing Poppea in this production. Here she reveals her feelings about her part in David McVicar's highly acclaimed Guilio Cesare.
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