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DVD : L' Incoronazione di Poppea [Region 2]

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starring: Cynthia Haymon, Brigitte Balleys, Ning Liang, Michael Chance (II), Harry van der Kamp directed by: Hans Hulscher See Larger Image Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 0809478009245 Format: NTSC Number Of Discs: 2 Region Code: 2 Theatrical Release Date: 1994 Related Items: Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Ainsley, Balleys, Chance, Cordier, Luperi, Smythe, Audi, Stubbs, Amsterdam Opera Monteverdi - Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria / William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Adrian Noble (Aix-en-Provence Festival) Lully - Persee / Novacek, Auvity, Lenormand, Whicher, Laquerre, Coulombe, Niquet, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Toronto Handel - Giulio Cesare (Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2006) Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Delunsch, von Otter, Brunet, Hellekant, Fouchécourt, Sedov, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski, Gruber (Aix-en-Provence Festival) see more Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Machiavelli in Music? Few if any operas have ever combined such sublime music with such a profoundly philosophical libretto. For that reason, few operas cry out so urgently for meaningful staging and effective acting, as well as for superb musical values. This production by Les Talens Lyriques, directed by Christophe Rousset, achieves 100% musically and a quite sufficient 85% dramatically. Poppea is a study in moral ambiguity, and every character in every scene contributes something to the unsettling of our ... Read More Rating: - a voice teacher and early music fan MESMORIZING MONTEVERDI MARVELOUSLY PERFORMED This opera has nine main characters and a few more less important and although there is a main story there are many other stories going on at the same time. Essentially the Emperor Nero (Brigitte Balleys) is having an affair with Poppea (Cynthia Hayman) and wants to make her Empress in place of his present wife Ottavia(Ling Liang). Meanwhile Ottone (Michael Chance) returns from the Wars and finds out that he has been rejected by POPPEA. ... Read More Rating: - Best Poppea I've seen on DVD or VHS video This production is superior to that of Harnoncourt. The cast is first rate - every member is superb. The small orchestra - simpler than Harnoncourt's - is much more "authentic" (strings, 2 cornetti [beautifully played, BTW!] and basso continuo) and gives the work just enough colour. I love the dark and moody lighting. The whole production has a very dream-like quality to it, yet the raw emotions of the protagonists are brought out very strongly. Michael Chance, in particular, is very good. ... Read More Rating: - Not Up to the Harnoncourt Production, but Good. Claudio Monteverdi wrote the L'incoronazione di Poppea near the end of his life and managed to incorporate all that he had learned from many years of composing and teaching. It premiered in 1642 and includes all that makes a great opera in today's world. Nerone lusts for Poppea; Poppea lusts for power; Ottone aches for Poppea; Octavia and Nerone both use their power ruthlessly; Seneca pays with his life for telling Nerone what he doesn't wish to hear; and through all of this the ending is happy for everyone ... Read More

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