When Raymond Leppard’s 1962 Glyndebourne version introduced L'Incoronazione di Poppea to the 20th-century opera audience, with a large modern orchestra and its subtle dissonances smoothed out, the ...

It may date from opera’s cradle days but don’t be deterred: ETO’s production cuts Monteverdi’s sublime but lengthy score by a third and rattles through L’incoronazione di Poppea‘s intrigues with the ...

Monteverdi’s powerful, erotically charged opera of passion and duplicity, in which Nerone rejects his wife Ottavia for the alluring attractions of Poppea, first performed in Venice during Carnival ...

On one half of the revolving stage of Yuval Sharon's "The Comet / Poppea" is an adaptation of Claudio Monteverdi's "The Coronation of Poppea." On the other half, based on W.E.B. Du Bois' dystopian ...

That notorious Roman, Nero, has been fiddling around with Poppea, his scheming mistress, who has designs on uprooting his wife, Claudia, and taking her place as empress. That's the scenario as West ...

The last time Emily Fons performed at Opera Theatre of St. Louis it was as Rosina in Rossini’s comedy “The Barber of Seville.” The last role she sang before coming to St. Louis last month was Hansel ...

There are signs posted at the entry to Maryland Opera Studio's "The Coronation of Poppea" warning that it contains "adult material." This expression usually describes R-rated movies, which are more ...

The renowned opera director and founder of The Industry is premiering 'The Comet / Poppea,' a mash-up of Monteverdi and a short story by W.E.B. Du Bois, at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary. By Jordan Riefe ...