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Countertenor

Filip Dámec

Nero

Vojtěch Pelka

Soprano

Lucie Kaňková

Poppea

Anastasia Terranova

Markéta Klaudová

Octavia

Markéta Cukrová

Bedřich Lévi

Otho

Jan Mikušek

Bass

Josef Kovačič

Seneca

Jaromír Nosek

Contralto

Jaroslav Březina

Arnalta

Octavia's Nurse

Tomáš Kořínek

Tenor

Tomáš Kočan

Lucan

Liberto

Tomáš Lajtkep

Conductor

Vojtěch Spurný

Stage director

Tomáš Pilař

Set designer

Petr Vítek

Costume designer

Aleš Valášek

Choreographer

Martin Šinták

Dramaturge

Zbyněk Brabec

Lighting designer

Daniel Tesař

Jakub Hliněnský

J K Tyl Theatre

Italian

L'incoronazione di Poppea -  (The Coronation of Poppea)

Pilsen

Czech Republic

cz.Plzeň.Velké divadlo

L'incoronazione di Poppea Monteverdi

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The Coronation of Poppea

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Premiéra 15. srpna 2020Po úspěšném nastudování Monteverdiho první opery Orfeo přistupuje plzeňská opera k nastudování skladatelova dalšího významného operníh...

Korunovace Poppey

After the successful dramatization of Orfeo, Monteverdi’s first opera, we are going to work on another of the composer’s masterpieces – Coronation of Poppea that was first staged in 1642 (or 1643) in Venice. It is often referred to as the first opera following a historical theme but it’s a lively story full of intrigues, passion, and violence.

The librettist Giovanni Francesco Busenello drew from the Histories by Tacitus. Roman emperor Nero repudiates his wife Ottavia as he has an affair with Poppea who gets eventually crowned as empress. The opera includes also the historical character of Seneca the philosopher, sung in very deep bass, who commits suicide to fulfil the emperor’s order. Besides these characters there are also many other roles that introduce comic elements: e.g. the nanny and two soldiers. The Coronation of Poppea will be produced by the same team that worked on Orfeo – conductor Vojtěch Spurný and director Tomáš Pilař, and of course the opera will be presented with historically informed baroque music.

English

The Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi, From (2020/2020), Directed by Tomáš Pilař, Jakub Hliněnský,, Conductor Vojtěch Spurný

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