Claudio Monteverdi – Máté Bella

L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (THE CORONATION OF POPPEA)

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Opera in two parts, in Italian with Hungarian and English surtitles

Monteverdi’s final work for the stage dates from 1642, meaning the dawn of the genre of opera.  It is customary to consider this music by the 75-year-old master to be the first true opera, which both back then and ever since has been praised for its originality, its melodiousness as well as for its multi-layered depiction of the human features of the characters. From all of this, it appears that Poppea’s relevance has not changed one whit over the course of the centuries. The piece will be staged by András Almási-Tóth at the Eiffel Art Studios in an unusual format: the Opera has commissioned Máté Bella to create a rescored new version spiced with contemporary musical elements.

Conductor
Szabolcs Sándor
Poppea (Lover of Nerone)
Bori Keszei
Nerone (Emperor of Rome)
Tibor Szappanos
Ottavia (Wife of Nerone)
Andrea Szántó
Ottone (Finacé of Poppea)
Marcell Bakonyi
Seneca (Tutor of Nerone)
Gábor Bretz
Drusilla (in love with Ottone)
Eszter Zemlényi
Amore
Zoltán Daragó
Arnalta (Confidant of Poppea)
Bernadett Wiedemann
Fortune
Diána Kiss
Libertino
Erdős Róbert univ. stud.
Littore
Lőrinc Kósa
Nutrice (Nurse of Ottavia)
Mária Farkasréti
Virtue
Andrea Brassói-Jőrös
Lucano
Gergely Dargó
Featuring
Fekete-Kovács Quintet

Events

Premiere: Oct. 10, 2020

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage