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opera in a prologue and three acts (1643)
The Coronation of Poppea (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) 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.
music by Claudio Monteverdi ; libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello.
Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014).
Danielle de Niese, Poppea ; Alice Coote, Nerone ; Iestyn Davies, Ottone ; Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Arnalia ; festival orchestra ; [Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment] ; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor.
Recorded Jun. 2008, Glyndebourne Festival.
Director, Robert Carsen ; Co-production of Blyndebourne Enterprises Ltd, Francois Roussillon et Associes.