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L’ Incoronazione di Poppea

Second House

May 28. and 31., June 4.

The Coronation of Poppea
At the centre of events is the power-crazed Poppea. She aspires to the top level of the hierarchy and seduces Emperor Nero. This is a difficult situation for both Empress Ottavia and Ottone, Poppea's former lover. A classic drama unfolds, where the struggle for power and riches paints an unattractive portrait of humankind. In this respect not much has changed since the opera was written 365 years ago. The performance portrays the decadence of the late Roman Empire – with obvious parallels to our own times. But it all comes together towards the end in one of the loveliest duets ever composed, Pur Ti Miro. History has not been too kind to Claudio Monteverdi. Out of his 18 operas, only three of the scores remain. However, it is a solid musical drama we inherit. Last year we presented Orfeo on Stage 2. This year we present The Coronation of Poppea in the same location, in a new production with Norwegian Ole Anders Tandberg as director. Tandberg is a theatre director who is in much in demand and who is responsible for several critically acclaimed productions at the National Theatre.

Please notice this performance contains scenes of sex and violence.

Poppea: Birgitte Christensen
Nero: Lacek Laszczkowski
Ottone: Tim Mead
Ottavia: Patricia Bardon
Seneca: Giovanni Battista
Parodi/ Virtù/Drusilla: Marita Sølberg
Amore: Amelie Aldenheim
Arnalta: Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro
Ottavia's nurse: Tone Kruse
Valetto: David Fielder
Liberto: Yngve A. Søberg

Operaorkestret

Music: Claudio Monteverdi
Libretto: Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Conductor: Alessandro de Marchi
Director: Ole Anders Tandberg
Set design: Erlend Birkeland
Costumes: Maria Geber
Lighting design: Ellen Ruge

Sung in Italian, Norwegian and English subtitels
Duration: App. 3 hours, 30 minutes

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