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The Coronation of Poppea (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) was Monteverdi's last opera, written when he was 75, and first performed in Venice in 1642. The opera tells the amoral story of the Roman Emperor Nero's love affair with the scheming and seductive Poppea, with evil triumphing over g...

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Corporate Authors: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Kultur International Films
Other Authors: Hall, Peter, 1930-2017, Busenello, Giovanni Francesco, 1598-1659, Leppard, Raymond, Ewing, Maria (Performer), Bailey, Dennis (Performer), Clarey, Cynthia (Performer), Glover, Jane, Lloyd, Robert, 1940- (Performer), Gale, Elizabeth (Performer), Duesing, Dale (Performer), Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643
Format: Video VHS
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
Published: W. Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [1984]
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Operas.
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Summary:The Coronation of Poppea (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) was Monteverdi's last opera, written when he was 75, and first performed in Venice in 1642. The opera tells the amoral story of the Roman Emperor Nero's love affair with the scheming and seductive Poppea, with evil triumphing over good, while the allegorical figures from the Prologue - Fortune, Virtue and Love look on.
Item Description:Videocassette release of a 1979 production by ORF, SWF, and UNITEL.
Based on a performance of the Zurich Opera House.
Cover title: L'incoronazione di Poppea.
Introduction by Derek Jacobi.
"071506-3"--Cassette & container.
Opera in two acts.
Performed at the fiftieth Anniversary Year of Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1984.
Recorded in stereo, hi-fi, and Dolby processed.
Introduction spoken by Sir Peter Hall.
Intended audience: general.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (120 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Produced by BBC Television by arrangement with Glyndebourne in association with NVC Arts ; libretto by G.F. Busenello in the revised version of the edition realised in 1962 for Glyndebourne by Raymond Leppard ; director, Peter Hall ; design and lighting, John Bury; chorus director, Jane Glover ; conductor, Raymond Leppard ; produced for television by Robin Lough ; directed for stage and television by Peter Hall.