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THURSDAY 31 JULY
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5.00pm - 6.00pm: Proms Intro A discussion of 'Poppaea' followed by a presentation of the Poppaea film project.
Prom 18: The Coronation of Poppaea
- Date Thursday 31 July 2008
- Time 7.00pm - c10.30pm
- Venue Royal Albert Hall
- Tickets £7-£44 price band B or Prom for £5
- Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.
As well as being one of the first operas ever composed, Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppaea stands as one of the most psychologically acute and powerful dramatic works ever written.
A specially devised semi-staging, based on Glyndebourne's new production, comes to the Proms under the dynamic direction of Emmanuelle Haïm. At the core of this battle of emotional wills is the magnificent trio of Iestyn Davies, Alice Coote and - the soprano who won Prommers' hearts in 2005 as the temptress Cleopatra in Glyndebourne's Julius Caesar - Danielle de Niese.
- Monteverdi The Coronation of Poppaea (semi-staged; sung in Italian) (165 mins)
There will be one interval
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Sonya Yoncheva Fortune
Simona Mihai Virtue
Amy Freston Cupid
Iestyn Davies Otho
Alice Coote Nero
Danielle De Niese Poppaea
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Amalta
Tamara Mumford Octavia
Marie Arnet Drusilla
Paolo Battaglia Seneca
Trevor Scheunemann Mercury/Consul
Patrick Schramm Lictor/Consul
Dominique Visse Nurse/Friend
Claire Ormshaw Lady-in-Waiting
Lucia Cirillo Page
Andrew Tortise Lucan/Soldier 1/Tribune/Friend
Peter Gijsbertsen Liberto/Soldier 2/Tribune
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Emmanuelle Haïm conductor
BBC Radio 3
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