L'incoronazione di Poppea

Nikolaus Harnoncourt(conductor), Jean-Pierre Ponnelle(director), Alexander Oliver(Arnalta)
Composed more than four centuries ago, Monteverdi's last opera was brilliantly staged in Zurich Opernhaus.

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• Poppea

[jfbecks17]

can you add the rest of this movie?

[taqseem]

no i cannot

[udatorbas]

@moghedien13 This is an high tenor, not a countertenor.

[wellbn1]

ahah sembra Moira Orfei! Fantastica interpretazione comunque!

[moghedien13]

i normally am not a fan of counter tenors (even though i think this guy might be a tenor) but he is not only great here, but his lullaby earlier in the opera is breath taking.

[kamiwe]

Tenor Totalis :D

Best Arnalta ever :D

[IfByWhiskey486]

@olympicfreak678 Oh... and let's not forget one of the first operas ever: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo where the prima donna Euridice was played by a male castrato as well as the character Speranza in the same opera.

[IfByWhiskey486]

@olympicfreak678 Hmm... defensive much? I didn't see anyone call you "uncultured and ignorant."

Nonetheless... refer to the title role in Rameau's Platee, or the Fairy in Les Paladins. Also, the Witch in Handel's Saul (an oratatorio, but an example of En Travesti). The castrato Farinelli played several female roles during the Baroque period.

[jfbecks17]

ok, well thank you anyway, what you have up here already is great.

[olympicfreak678]

I have found that earlier operas usually tend to have more of this play-ish field in the sense that they are more like a drama just with music.