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Monteverdi Trilogy Weekend
from 16 to September 18, 2017
All programming

Le Couronnement de Poppée - Monteverdi

Monteverdi Choir - English Baroque Soloists - Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Opera
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Duration: about 3h30

Program

Claudio Monteverdi
Le Couronnement de Poppée
Livret de Giovanni Francesco Busenello

Distribution

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conducting,
Elsa Rooke,
Hana Blažíková, soprano, Poppea / Fortuna
Kangmin Justin Kim, contre-ténor, Nerone
Marianna Pizzolato, mezzo-soprano, Ottavia
Gianluca Buratto, bass, Seneca
Carlo Vistoli, contre-ténor, Ottone
Anna Denis, soprano, Drusilla / Virtù / Pallade
Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano, Arnalta / Venere
Silvia Frigato, soprano, Amore / Valletto
Furio Zanasi, baritone, Soldate I / Liberto
Gareth Treseder, tenor, Famigliari
Zachary Wilder, tenor, Lucano
Francesca Boncompagni, soprano, Damigella
John Taylor Ward, baritone, Mercurio / Littore
Created in Venice in 1643, The Coronation of Poppaea is a captivating collection of vocal portraits: Poppea and  Nero are lyrical, Octavia sings recitative that are bursting  with vivid colour, and Otho is hesitant while Seneca is proud and confident…
Karina-Canellakis

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

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Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris