Organization

Conductor

Leonardo García Alarcón

Stage director

Ted Huffman

Set designer

Johannes Schütz

Anna Wörl

Costume designer

Astrid Klein

Lighting designer

Bertrand Couderc

Dramaturge

Antonio Cuenca Ruiz

Movement assistant and master-at-arms

Pim Veulings

Stage Assistant

Maud Morillon

Singer

Soprano

Elsa Benoit

Poppea

Countertenor

Jake Arditti

Nero

Ambroisine Bré

Virtue

Octavia

Iestyn Davies

Otho

Bass

Alex Rosen

Seneca

Contralto

Stuart Jackson

Arnalta

Octavia's Nurse

Friends of Seneca

Maya Kherani

Fortune

Drusilla

Julie Roset

Love

The valet

Tenor

Laurence Kilsby

Lucan

Two soldiers

Riccardo Romeo

Liberto

Yannis François

Lictor

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Others

Cappella Mediterranea

Italian

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

Versailles

France

Opéra Royal

L'incoronazione di Poppea Monteverdi

Public

The Coronation of Poppea

French

English

Approved

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.

The Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi, From (2023/2023), Directed by Ted Huffman,, Conductor Leonardo García Alarcón, Opéra Royal, Versailles, France

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