Monteverdi - Le Couronnement de Poppée

Opera in a prologue and three acts to a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello after Tacitus's Annals, premiered in Venice in 1642-1643.Performed in Italian with French and English surtitles…

Performed in Italian with French and English surtitles Duration: 3h05 including interval First part: 1h20 Interval Second part: 1h15Take the place of the Empress of Rome! To achieve it, the courtesan Poppea stops at nothing.

Mistress of the emperor Nero, she removes every obstacle on the road to the throne. At the price of a break with her lover Ottone, the ordered suicide of the philosopher Seneca and the repudiation of the empress Octavia, she achieves her ends: Poppea marries Nero.

Poppea, Nero's mistress who ends up Empress! Busenello's incredible libretto, mixing eroticism and murderous plots against the backdrop of a burning Rome, allowed Monteverdi to write his final masterpiece.

Brimming with invention and virtuosity, this coronation is a thrilling operatic treasure, which Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Mathilde Étienne dress in their finest finery, with a dazzling cast.