About the Show
Power corrupts – but love corrupts absolutely. Poppea, scheming mistress of the Emperor Nero, exploits his erotic obsession to commit all forms of crime in her ruthless pursuit of power – and in her lust to be crowned Empress. Love conquers all – even if that love is dark and damaged through and through. Daring to seduce the audience with his dangerously exquisite music, Monteverdi turns morality on its head in a compelling mix of high comedy and dark tragedy. Sir John Eliot Gardiner completes his historic survey of Monteverdi’s three surviving operas with one of the composer’s grandest, most sensuous and most scandalous works.
Performed in Italian with English Surtitles.
Cast
Petra Hajduchova
harpsichord
Cedric Meyer
archlute/baroque guitare
Carina Drury
cello
Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada
Poppea
Helen May
Nerone
Eric Scholssberg
Ottone
Marcio da Silva
Seneca
Sophie Levi
Ottavia
Kieran White
Arnalta
Joana Gil
Drusilla
Maya Wheeler-Colwell
Valetto/Fortuna
Lucano Celena Bridge
Virtu/Liberto/Pallade
Creatives
Monteverdi
Music
Ensemble OrQuesta
Producer
Marcio da Silva
Musical Director
Stephanie Gurga (harpsichord)
Musical Director
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