L'incoronazione di Poppea = Poppea's coronation : dramma in musica in un prologo e tre atti = opera in a prologue and three acts /

L'incoronazione di Poppea = Poppea's coronation : dramma in musica in un prologo e tre atti = opera in a prologue and three acts /

The god Amore triumphs over the goddesses Virtù and Fortuna when Poppaea Sabina, a morally corrupt patrician's daughter, becomes the second wife of the Roman emperor Nero, in an opera with many characters adrift in deceit, manipulation, blackmail, repudiation, slander, and murder

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting, Nederlandse Opera, Opus Arte (Firm), Talens lyriques (Performer)
Other Authors: Audi, Pierre (Director), Balleys, Brigitte (Singer), Berg, Nathan, Breemen, George van (Producer), Brummelstroete, Wilke te, 1968-, Busenello, Giovanni Francesco, 1598-1659 (Librettist), Chance, Michael (Singer), Damme, Ferenc van, Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul (Singer), Grant Murphy, Heidi (Singer), Haymon, Cynthia (Singer), Hulscher, Hans (Director), Kamp, Harry van der (Singer), Liang, Ning, 1957- (Singer), McFadden, Claron (Singer), Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643, Piau, Sandrine, Rousset, Christophe (Conductor), Simon, Michael, 1958-, Visse, Dominique (Singer), Wada, Emi
Format: Unknown
Language:Italian
Dutch
English
French
German
Spanish
Published: Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, ©2005
Series:Monteverdi cycle
Subjects:
Nero, > Emperor of Rome, > 37-68 > Drama
Poppaea Sabina, > Empress, consort of Nero, Emperor of Rome, > -65 > Drama
Nero, > Emperor of Rome, > 37-68
Poppaea Sabina, > Empress, consort of Nero, Emperor of Rome, > -65
Empresses > Rome > Drama
Good and evil > Drama
Operas
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Drama
Bien y mal > Teatro
Empresses
Good and evil
Relaciones humanas > Teatro
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Rome (Empire)
Biographical television programs
Drama
Music > Performance
Opera > Performance
Description
Summary:The god Amore triumphs over the goddesses Virtù and Fortuna when Poppaea Sabina, a morally corrupt patrician's daughter, becomes the second wife of the Roman emperor Nero, in an opera with many characters adrift in deceit, manipulation, blackmail, repudiation, slander, and murder
Item Description:Extra features: Illustrated synopsis; cast gallery; introduction
Program notes by Christophe Rousset in English, French and German (25 p. : col. ill.) inserted in container
Some credits from container; series from box
Videodisc release of a 1994 Dutch television program
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format:DVD-9; NTSC, all regions; widescreen (16:9 enhanced) presentation; double-layer disc; DTX 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo sound
Production Credits:Christophe Rousset, musical director ; set design, Michael Simon ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; lighting design, Jean Kalman ; camera, Hans Reyenga [and others] ; DVD producer, Ferenc van Damme

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