Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2008)
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2008)
Glyndebourne Opera / Iestyn Davies,Alice Coote, Danielle de Niese, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke / Emmanuel Haim (cond)
[ Decca DVD / 2 DVD ]
Release Date: Friday 18 September 2015
Suitable for General Audiences
François Roussillon (TV Director)
Following on from her tremendous 2008 success in Giulio Cesare Danielle De Niese returns to Glyndebourne as the title role of Monteverdi's masterpiece, in a brand new production by acclaimed director Robert Carsen
"wonderfully lucid and unflinching staging… the wonder of conductor Emmanuelle Haïm's work here with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is the way she illuminates the play of Monteverdi's expressive vocal lines with the harmony beneath" The Independent, London
The major debut on Decca DVD of Danielle de Niese. Returning to the opera house where she sang her sensational Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, Danielle performs the title role in Monteverdi's great opera of lust and power, in Robert Carsen's new, modern-dress staging.
De Niese is perfectly cast as the beautiful and seductive Poppea who ruthlessly grabs power as Nero's lover but, in this production, is doomed from the moment of her coronation at the end of the opera. De Niese's performance is vocally and dramatically powerful, perfectly complemented by Alice Coote as Nero. The two are supported by an outstanding cast, together with period-performance stars Emmanuelle Haïm conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Carsen creates an intelligent and visually-strong production, focusing on the personal side of the story. At times the action is violent and shocking, but this is juxtaposed with episodes of lightness and humour.
Filmed in High Definition Widescreen. Extras: Interviews with Danielle de Niese, Emmanuelle Haïm, Robert Carsen. Picture: 16:9. Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese
"The richly musical and searching interpretation on show here is in a league of its own; we are inexorably persuaded that the stark isolation of Poppea at the end makes perfect worldly sense. Emmanuelle Haïm controls everything from the keyboard with brilliant finesse, underscoring crucial words and events with constant harmonic care. Robert Carsen's ingenious direction grinds down traditional perspectives with a stream of insights. Danielle de Niese looks stunning in the title role, and matches the action with musical flexibility." (BBC Music Five Stars)
"De Niese is the darkly seductive Poppea...She colours her voice gorgeously, producing a smoky, slightly 'off the note' effect to add expression...Anna Bonitatibus is in fabulous voice as Ottavia, incredibly alert to the text..Christie coaxes wonderful sounds from Les Arts Florissants." (International Record Review)
