Monteverdi Cycle from Berlin: Poppea

Synopsis

The highlight of the idiosyncratic orchestration and direction comes in Poppea with a glorification of immorality that is almost unbelievable from a composer who was a priest. In a bleak rocky landscape, the innocence of Arcadian love is perverted into naked lust, degraded to an unrestrained exercise of brutality and arbitrary power.

Additional Info

• No: A05050010
• Composer: Monteverdi
• Conductor: André de Ridder
• Orchestra: Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
• Artists: Brigritte Geller, Roger Smeets, Helene Schneiderman, Theresa Kronthaler
• Production year: 2012
• Run time: 03:06:00
• Director: Peter Schönhofer / Stage Director: Barrie Kosky
• Producers: A production of ZDF/3sat and UNITEL in cooperation with Komische Oper Berlin and CLASSICA
• Format: HDTV 16:9