Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (Complete opera recorded in 1994)

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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (Complete opera recorded in 1994)
Deneder Landse Opera / Cynthia Haymon / Brigitte Balleys / Michael Chance / Christophe Rousset (conductor)

[ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 25 January 2006

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Rated: G - Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993Suitable for General Audiences

G :-
Monteverdi's timeless masterpiece, which creates a modern, deep involvement in performers and audiences alike, is brilliantly captured in this High Definition live recording of Pierre Audi's moving and beautifully styled production from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam.

G :-

All Regions - Widescreen 16:9 - DTS 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / PCM Stereo - Colour - 219 minutes - PAL

Almost four decades before creating his Poppea, Monteverdi wrote in the preface to his fifth book of madrigals, "The modern composer must create his works solely on the basis of the truth" - a credo to which the music of his final opera is utterly faithful.

Poppea is a potent work from opera's first true creator and pioneering genius. The fact that, at the close of this highly charged 'dramma in musica', he allows evil to triumph over good (albeit temporarily), has frequently led to his being decried as amoral.

Monteverdi's timeless masterpiece, which creates a modern, deep involvement in performers and audiences alike, is brilliantly captured in this High Definition live recording of Pierre Audi's moving and beautifully styled production from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam.