Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Leonardo García Alarcón

Mise en scène

Ted Huffman

Décors

Johannes Schütz

Anna Wörl

Costumes

Astrid Klein

Lumières

Bertrand Couderc

Dramaturgie

Antonio Cuenca Ruiz

Movement assistant and master-at-arms

Pim Veulings

Stage assistant

Maud Morillon

Chanteur

Soprano

Elsa Benoit

Poppée

Contre-ténor

Jake Arditti

Néron

Ambroisine Bré

Virtù

Octavia

Iestyn Davies

Othon

Basse

Alex Rosen

Sénèque

Contralto

Stuart Jackson

Arnalta

La nourrice d'Octavia

Amis de Sénèque

Maya Kherani

Fortune

Drusilla

Julie Roset

Amour

Valetto

Ténor

Laurence Kilsby

Lucain

Deux soldats

Riccardo Romeo

Liberto

Yannis François

Un licteur

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Others

Cappella Mediterranea

italien

L'incoronazione di Poppea -  (Le couronnement de Poppée)

Versailles

France

Opéra Royal

L'incoronazione di Poppea Monteverdi

Public

Le couronnement de Poppée

français

anglais

Valide

L'incoronazione di Poppea

Cast

Elsa Benoit Poppée 
Jake Arditti Néron
Ambroisine Bré  Octavie, la Vertu
Iestyn Davies Othon
Alex Rosen Sénèque
Stuart Jackson Arnalta, la Nourrice, un Familier 1
Maya Kherani La Fortune, Drusilla
Julie Roset L’Amour, Valletto
Laurence Kilsby Lucain, Soldat 1, un Familier 2
Riccardo Romeo Liberto, Soldat 2
Yannis François Un Licteur, un Familier 3

Cappella Mediterranea
Leonardo García Alarcón Conductor
Ted Huffman Stage direction
Johannes Schütz Settings, original concept
Anna Wörl Settings, adaptation
Astrid Klein Costumes
Bertrand Couderc Lights
Pim Veulings Movement assistant and master-at-arms
Antonio Cuenca Ruiz Dramaturgy
Maud Morillon Stage assistant
Performance in Italian with French and English surtitles
Presentation

Opera in one prologue and three acts to a booklet by Giovanni Francesco Busenello after the annals of Tacitus, first performed in Venice in 1642-1643.
Venice version of 1650.
To take the place of the Empress of Rome! To achieve this, the courtesan Poppea stops at nothing. Mistress of the emperor Nero, she removes all obstacles on her way to the throne. At the cost of breaking up with her lover Ottone, ordering the suicide of the philosopher Seneca and repudiating the empress Octavia, she achieves her goal: Poppea marries Nero. And what could have been a triumph of amorality becomes, through Monteverdi's music, a hymn to all-powerful desire, an exaltation of the human being trapped in its contradictions. Monteverdi's last opera is also the first masterpiece of the genre, extraordinarily modern despite its four centuries. This production first performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, it is as lively as the first day, carried by a youthful and committed cast guided by director Ted Huffman and the flamboyant Leonardo García Alarcón!

A Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2022 production
Co-produced by Opéra de Rennes, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia
 Saturday 28th January –"15 minutes with" at 6.30pm 
On presentation of your ticket for that evening and subject to availability.

English

Le couronnement de Poppée by Monteverdi, Du (2023/2023), Dirigé par Ted Huffman,, Chef d'orchestre Leonardo García Alarcón, Opéra Royal, Versailles, France

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