The Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi, tirs. 18 juli 2006, Fra (2006/2006), Instrueret af Annilese Miskimmon, Dirigent Christian Curnyn, Buxton Opera House, Buxton, United Kingdom

Impassioned, luscious and fragile all at once… Opera Theatre Company has got this just right Belfast Telegraph An unrelenting and gripping piece of theatre that will lodge, somewhat uncomfortably perhaps, in the minds of all those who saw it. Irish Examiner Indeed the music and singing were so good overall that they provided the driving force for a terrific night’s entertainment. Sunday Business Post Monteverdi's masterpiece, composed amidst the heady materialism of seventeenth century Venice, is a shockingly modern tale of naked lust and ruthless ambition. In this world of sensuality and depravity, power is exercised without responsibility and lust triumphs over reason.