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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea [Box Set]
by Alessandra Vavasori (vocals), Angela Bucci (vocals), Barbara Ostini (viola), Davide Monti (violin), Gabriella Martellacci (vocals), Gian Paolo Fagotto (vocals), Ilaria Zanetti (vocals), Jean-Pierre Canibae (cornet), Lia Serafini (vocals)
Lyric, dramatic, and tragic, plus funny, sexy, and endlessly wicked, Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea has something for every opera goer. Not an easy opera to love -- after all, the good guys lose and the bad guys win -- L'incoronazione di Poppea is still an enormously affecting and immensely thrilling theatrical experience. And while not yet a mainstay of the repertoire at La Scala, L'incoronazione di Poppea has received many fine and moving recordings since the rise of the historically informed practice movement in the '70s. But with the shelf now crowded with performances of the opera, the question becomes: is there room for another? The answer, as always, is yes, provided it's another fine and moving performance that has something to say about the work. By those standards, this live December 2004 recording from a performance in Pigna, Corsica, directed from the harpsichord by Sergio Vartolo, measures up. It is more dramatic and tragic than lyric -- while the soloists are fine actors, they are... Hide synopsis
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