| Title |
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
"L'incoronazione di Poppea"
[The Coronation of Poppea]
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| Description |
A Concert Performance, Sung in Italian
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| Creator |
English Baroque Soloists
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| Date |
December 8, 11, 1993
Queen Elizabeth Hall
London, UK
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| Contributor |
Cast (in order of appearance):
Prologue
La Fortuna (Fortune)- Anne Sofie von Otter
La Virtù (Virtue)- Catherine Bott
Amore (Cupid)- Marinella Pennicchi
Opera
Ottone (Otho)- Michael Chance
Poppea (Poppaea)-Sylvia McNair
Nerone (Nero)- Dana Hanchard
Arnalta- Bernarda Fink
Ottavia (Octavia)- Anne Sofie von Otter
Nutrice- Roberto Balconi
Seneca- Francesco Ellero D'Artegna
Valletto- Constanze Backes
Pallade (Pallas Athene)- Catherine Bott
Drusilla- Catherine Bott
Mercurio (Mercury)- Julian Clarkson
Liberto- Nigel Robson
Damigella- Marinella Pennicchi
Lucano (Lucan)- Mark Tucker
Venere (Venus)- Anne Sofie von Otter
Famigliari (Chorus of Friends)- Roberto Balconi, Mark Tucker, Julian Clarkson
Littore (Lictors)- Julian Clarkson, Noel Mann
Consuli & Tribuni (Consuls & Tribunes)- Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson, Julian Clarkson, Noel Mann
Amori (Cupids)- Catherine Bott, Constanze Backes, Bernarda Fink, Marinella Pennicchi
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
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| Relation |
Sylvia McNair recorded "L'incoronazione di Poppea" with The English Baroque Soloists and John Eliott Gardiner on Archiv Production CD in 1996
Sylvia McNair's annotated score available in Sylvia McNair collection, Cook Music Library
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| Type |
Opera
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