Coronation of Poppea charts the consuming erotic obsession of the Emperor Nero for the beautiful Poppea Sabina. Ruthlessly sweeping aside anyone who stands in the way of their union - including Nero's ...
F our years ago, the Leeds-based Opera North and South Asian Arts came up with a bold plan to collaborate on an opera. Opening this week, Monteverdi’s 1607 Orfeo – one of the earliest known operas, a ...
A visual whirlwind accompanies charismatic and stylish performances in William Kentridge’s new staging. In the pit, Jonathan Cohen and the OAE add light and shade ...
Palm Beach Opera will present Monteverdi’s The Return of Ulysses under the baton of Music Director David Stern, who has been with the company since 2015. Maestro Stern is noted for his skilled ...
Lyric Opera presents The Coronation of Poppea; Monteverdi's passionate baroque drama, in which greed and thirst for power take no prisoners, at Chapel off Chapel from July 15-22. Commemorating the ...
The myth that opera was born of a miracle dies hard. Musicologists no longer insist that what has proved to be a uniquely innovative art form for four centuries was the exclusive product of scholars ...
The characters in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera “The Coronation of Poppea” are not content to rest on their laurels. In fact, no one in this inspired-by-true-events tale of the rise of Ancient Roman ...
(Talk Like An Opera Geek attempts to decode the intriguing and intimidating lexicon of the opera house.) Those opera adversaries who slam the music for its elitist and Eurocentric associations are ...
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