L'incoronazione di Poppea

[belcantomania]

Tutto ciò è meraviglioso:la musica elegiaca cantata divinamente da due voci indovinate per il colore,la sensualità,la regia magnifica,tutto "rende" bene l'atmosfera del brano.

[piustwelfth]

Richard Croft has one of the most beautiful tenor voices I've ever heard.

[BethDiane]

I usually prefer this with two equal voices, but for this tenor I'll make an exception.

[BethDiane]

I just figured out who she looks like: the young Betty Aberlin who used to appear on "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." (I guess I'm dating myself.")

[jwbtenor]

That was just lovely. Thank you for posting!!!

[Viperplayer187]

For some reason I find the part that comes before Pur ti miro better than Pur ti miro.

[kkallebb]

I agree. "Pur ti miro" is nice, but it's not nearly so musically interesting as most of the rest of the opera. Incidentally, "Pur ti miro" wasn't written by Monteverdi but by Francesco Sacrati. Of course, this whole scene, including the senatorial chorus, wasn't written by M. either, but by Sacrati. Actually, nothing after Arnalta's final piece ("oggi sara Poppea....") was written by M.

[tervito]

@Viperplayer187 The fanfare is tremendous and well done here despite the lacklustre second set of voices and the awful trillo at "imperia-ha-ha-hal".

[Elfenohr]

i just noticed that they switched their singing parts. nero is singing poppea's part and the other way around ... oO

well, textwise i guess it doesn't really make a difference

[Hearnoevil8]

When and where was this production?

[Elfenohr]

1993 at the schwetzinger festspiele in germany

[Elfenohr]

is the singer of nero (richard croft) the same who sang mozart's mitridate in salzburg?

[trel1806]

Yes it was.

[lmspr]

Thanks so much for posting this. Around minute 2:30 starts "Pur ti miro", one of the most beautiful duets ever written. The singers are Richard Croft and Patricia Schumann. The conductor is Rene Jacobs.

[debartzen]

La coronación de Popea por Nerón.Dueto final de la ópera.En la vida real mató al hijo que llevaba en sus entrañas de una patada.¡Tal fue el César!