La coronación de Poppea by Monteverdi, dom. 16 jun 2024, De (2024/2024), Dirigido por Walter Sutcliffe, Director David Bates, The Grange, Northington-Alresford, Reino Unido

Love conquers all in ancient Rome. The baddies win, the goodies are banished or killed. Social advancement and power politics govern Monteverdi’s soap opera: the first great work of baroque musical theatre. A stellar international cast includes the return to The Grange Festival of Italian stars Anna Bonitatibus (Il ritorno d’Ulisse and Agrippina) as the rejected empress Ottavia, and Raffaele Pe (Agrippina and Tamerlano) as Nero. Another Grange Festival favourite, Kitty Whately is Poppea. And we welcome acclaimed American counter-tenor Christopher Lowery as Ottone, New Zealand Bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu as Seneca and the popular German soprano Vanessa Waldhart as Drusilla. The groundbreaking instrumental ensemble La Nuova Musica is led by David Bates. Our new production, in partnership with Oper Halle, will be created by director Walter Sutcliffe and designer Jon Bausor, the team whose brilliant Agrippina at The Grange Festival in 2018 caused such a stir. PRODUCTION TEAM David Bates CONDUCTOR Walter Sutcliffe DIRECTOR Jon Bausor DESIGNER Wolfgang Goebbel LIGHTING DESIGNER CAST Kitty Whately POPPEA/FORTUNA Vanessa Waldhart DRUSILLA/AMORE Anna Bonitatibus OTTAVIA/VIRTU Christopher Lowrey OTTONE Raffaele Pe NERO Jonathan Lemalu SENECA Frances Gregory ARNALTA/FAMIGLIARE 1 Fiona Kimm NUTRICE Gwilym Bowen SOLDATO 1/LUCANO/FAMILGIARE 2 Jorge Navarro Colorado SOLDATO 2/LIBERTO Armand Rabot MERCURIO/FAMIGLIARI 3