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Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea
Running Time: 151:11
Release Date: June 2010
Originally recorded in November 1971
Composer (1567-1643)
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Solo soprano - Fortune
Barbara Walker
Barbara Walker
Solo soprano - Virtue
Shirley Chapman
Shirley Chapman
Solo soprano - Love
Elizabeth Gale
Elizabeth Gale
Solo baritone - Ottone
Tom McDonnell
Tom McDonnell
Solo mezzo-soprano - Poppea
Dame Janet Baker
Dame Janet Baker
Solo tenor - Nero
Robert Ferguson
Robert Ferguson
Solo mezzo-soprano - Ottavia
Katherine Pring
Katherine Pring
Solo bass - Seneca
Clifford Grant
Clifford Grant
Solo mezzo-soprano - Arnalta
Anne Collins
Anne Collins
Solo tenor - Lucano
Emile Belcourt
Emile Belcourt
Solo tenor - Valletto
John Brecknock
John Brecknock
Solo soprano - Damigella
Iris Saunders
Iris Saunders
Solo baritone - Liberto
Norman Welsby
Norman Welsby
Solo tenor - First soldier
Robin Donald
Robin Donald
Solo tenor - Second soldier
John Delaney
John Delaney
Solo bass - Lictor
Anthony Davey
Anthony Davey
Choral
Sadlers Wells Opera Chorus
Sadlers Wells Opera Chorus
Orchestra
Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra
Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Raymond Leppard
Raymond Leppard
Venue
London Coliseum
London Coliseum
Genre:
Opera in English
Orchestral & Concertos
Opera in English
Orchestral & Concertos
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
(1567-1643)The Coronation of Poppea
151:31
Dramma musicale in a Prologue and two acts
Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello, English translation by Geoffrey Dunn
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1.
Sinfonia
2:55
Prologue
2.
'Virtue, go hide yourself away'
7:16
Fortune, Virtue, Love
Scene 1
3.
'Again I'm drawn here'
8:32
Ottone, Soldier 2, Soldier 1
4.
'My lord, do not go yet!'
9:54
Poppea, Nero
Scene 2
5.
'At last my hopes have ended'
6:38
Poppea, Arnalta
Scene 3
6.
'Oh, dishonoured Ottavia!'
7:26
Ottavia, Drusilla
7.
'There stands that most ill-fated lady'
5:43
Seneca, Ottavia, Valletto
8.
'The purple robes of emperors'
8:07
Seneca, Pallas, Athene, Nero
Scene 4
9.
'Did I please you, my lord?'
9:01
Poppea, Nero
Scene 5
10.
'Though Fate allows all others to drink the wine'
8:44
Ottone, Poppea, Drusilla
Scene 6
11.
'I can feel I don't know what'
4:42
Valleto, Damigella
79:05
COMPACT DISC TWO
Scene 7
1.
'Solitude, beloved and treasured'
13:55
Seneca, Liberto, Chorus
Act II
Scene 1
2.
Sinfonia -
5:53
'Since old Seneca's dead now'
Nero, Lucano
Scene 2
3.
'You, who received your rank and your honour'
8:57
Ottavia, Ottone, Drusilla
Scene 3
4.
'Since old Seneca's dead now'
9:11
Poppea, Arnalta, Love
5.
'Here I am, here have I come'
3:40
Ottone, Love, Poppea, Arnalta
Scene 4
6.
'Oh happy, happy is Drusilla!'
7:37
Drusilla, Arnalta, Lictor, Nero, Ottone
7.
'My lord, now you have good reason'
5:18
Poppea, Nero
8.
'Think of her, think of my Poppea'
3:39
Arnalta
Scene 5
9.
'Ah, ah, my country'
4:27
Ottavia
Scene 6
10.
Sinfonia -
4:16
'To you, to you Poppea, our Empress'
Chorus
11.
'My beloved'
5:20
Poppea, Nero
72:26
Prologue
Solo: Barbara Walker soprano - Fortune
Solo: Shirley Chapman soprano - Virtue
Solo: Elizabeth Gale soprano - Love
Opera
Solo: Tom McDonnell baritone - Ottone
Solo: Dame Janet Baker mezzo-soprano - Poppea
Solo: Robert Ferguson tenor - Nero
Solo: Katherine Pring mezzo-soprano - Ottavia
Solo: Barbara Walker soprano - Drusilla
Solo: Clifford Grant bass - Seneca
Solo: Anne Collins mezzo-soprano - Arnalta
Solo: Emile Belcourt tenor - Lucano
Solo: John Brecknock tenor - Valletto
Solo: Iris Saunders soprano - Damigella
Solo: Norman Welsby baritone - Liberto
Solo: Robin Donald tenor - First soldier
Solo: John Delaney tenor - Second soldier
Solo: Anthony Davey bass - Lictor
Solo: Shirley Chapman soprano - Pallas Athene
Choral: Sadlers Wells Opera Chorus
Orchestra: Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
broadcast on 27 November 1971
