Following last year’s highly acclaimed production of Alcina – ‘Handel stripped down and brilliant,’ named No 4 in The Guardian’s ‘Top ten classical music performances of 2021’ – Ensemble OrQuesta returns to the Grimeborn Festival for the fifth time, this time with their 5-star production of Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea. Achieving the highest artistic standards, these musically authentic performances offer a gripping modern interpretation of a 17th-century gem. The power games and machinations of Ancient Rome and timeless themes of ambition, love, and lust are explored through glorious music and carefully crafted character interactions to create a fusion hailed as ‘intimate, sensual, dramatic, and compelling’. With fine early career artists leading the cast, this will indeed be ‘hot stuff’ (@Yehuda Shapiro, EO Poppea, 2019).
L’Incoronazione di Poppea is part of Grimeborn Opera Festival 2022. Explore the full programme →
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- Running time: 160 minutes (including interval)
- Performed with orchestral accompaniment
- Performed in Italian with English Surtitles
★★★★½ “Key to the power of this production is da Silva’s imaginative vision and his dynamism as director and conductor.” – Reviews Hub
★★★★ “L’Incoronazione di Poppea is 'controversial, mysterious and highly sensual'. What's not to love?” – Broadway World UK
