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Haymon / Balleys: Incoronazione di Poppea
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Almost four decades before creating his Poppea, Monteverdi wrote in the preface to his fifth book of madrigals, "The modern composer must create his works solely on the basis of the truth" - a credo to which the music of his final opera is utterly faithful.
Poppea is a potent work from opera's first true creator and pioneering genius. The fact that, at the cIose of this highly charged 'dramma in musica', he alIows eviI to triumph over good (albeit temporariIy), has frequentIy led to his being decried as amoraI.
Monteverdi's timeless masterpiece, which creates a deep invoIvement in performers and audiences aIike, is brilliantly captured in this High Definition live recording of Pierre Audi's moving and beautifully styIe production from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam in 1994. |
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