Monteverdi Cycle from Berlin: Poppea

Monteverdi Cycle from Berlin: Poppea

The highlight of the idiosyncratic orchestration and direction comes in Poppea with a glorification of immorality that is almost unbelievable from a composer who was a priest. In a bleak rocky landscape, the innocence of Arcadian love is perverted into naked lust, degraded to an unrestrained exercise of brutality and arbitrary power.

  • No: A05050010
  • Genre: Opera
  • Composer: Monteverdi
  • Conductor: André de Ridder
  • Orchestra: Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
  • Artists: Brigritte Geller, Helene Schneiderman, Roger Smeets, Theresa Kronthaler
  • Director: Peter Schönhofer / Stage Director: Barrie Kosky
  • Production year: 2012
  • Run time: 03:06:00
  • Producers: A production of ZDF/3sat and UNITEL in cooperation with Komische Oper Berlin and CLASSICA
  • Format: HDTV 16:9