BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 18: Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppaea - Prom 18 - Part 1

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Suzy Klein presents the first act of Monteverdi's opera The Coronation of Poppaea. This tale of love, betrayal and murderous ambition is presented in a semi-staged version of the new production from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, with soprano Danielle de Niese and mezzo Alice Coote as the treacherous lovers Poppea and Nero. Though based on historical characters, the battle of emotional wills at the centre of this drama has as many resonances today as it would have had for Monteverdi's 17th-century audience. Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppaea (semi-staged; sung in Italian) (Act 1) Glyndebourne Festival Opera: Fortune ...... Sonya Yoncheva Virtue ...... Simona Mihai Cupid ...... Amy Freston Otho ...... Iestyn Davies Nero ...... Alice Coote Poppaea ...... Danielle De Niese Amalta ...... Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Octavia ...... Tamara Mumford Marie ...... Arnet Drusilla Seneca ...... Paolo Battaglia Mercury/Consul ...... Trevor Scheunemann Lictor/Consul ...... Patrick Schramm Nurse/Friend ...... Dominique Visse Lady-in-Waiting ...... Claire Ormshaw Page ...... Lucia Cirillo Lucan/Soldier 1/Tribune/Friend ...... Andrew Tortise Liberto/Soldier 2/Tribune ...... Peter Gijsbertsen Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Emmanuelle Haim (conductor).