Sunday, June 7, 2009

L'incoronazione de Poppea


(The Coronation of Poppea), opera seria in 3 acts by Monteverdi; libretto by Busenello, based on historical incidents described in the annals of Tacitus; premiered in Venice, 1642.
The opera takes Poppea Sabina, the second wife of the Roman Emperor Nero, as the heroine of the plot.

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