Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2010)
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2010)
Norwegian National Opera / Birgitte Christensen, Jacek Laszczkowski, Tim Mead, Marita Sølberg / Alessandro de Marchi
[ EuroArts DVD / DVD Box Set ]
Release Date: Tuesday 20 June 2017
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Staged by Ole Anders Tandberg, adapted and filmed by Anja Stabell and Stein-Roger Bull in 2010 at the Norwegian National Opera.
The Coronation of Poppea was the début production from critically acclaimed stage director Ole Anders Tandberg in the Norwegian Opera & Ballet, and he lets blood flow. TV directors Anja Stabell and Stein-Roger Bull reinforces the impact by letting blood's bright color compete against black and white images. Poppea like you've never seen it before!
Special packaging with a high quality slipcase.
At the centre of events is the power-crazed Poppea. She aspires to the top level of the hierarchy and seduces Emperor Nero. He is totally captivated by Poppea and does everything possible to marry her, even if it leads to murder. A classic drama unfolds, where the struggle for power and riches paints an unattractive portrait of humankind. In this respect not much has changed since the opera was written 365 years ago.
Picture format: NTSC - 16:9
Sound formats: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Region code: 0
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Japanese, Nowegian
Running time: 180 mins
"How best to depict these grotesques for a 21st-century audience? Ole Anders Tandberg's solution is to put them in modern dress and to have them indulge in what the booklet-note calls 'frequent lashings of blood and sex'...as for the blood, for lashings read buckets. Jacek Lazczkowski plays Nero brilliantly as a complete psychopath...the best [singing] is from Tim Mead and Patricia Bardon." Gramophone
"It relentlessly portrays the leaders of the Roman Empire as violent, sex-mad adolescents...There is, though, some truly terrific singing here. Birgitte Christiansen (Poppea) is an amazingly assured musical presence, who can colour her voice to fit every occasion. Jacek Laszczkowski (Nero) is expressively menacing and lascivious by turn" BBC Music
"[Tandberg] has created distinct individuals onstage in even the smallest roles...Few operatic portrayals have communicated sheer lust more convincingly than Jacek Laszczkowski's Nerone. He's also capable of terrifying nastiness...Christensen's Poppea and mezzo-soprano Patricia Bardon's Ottavia are in every way stunning...Tone Kruse (Nutrice) nearly steals the show with her boldly chesty contralto and fabulously earthy characterization." International Recording Review
