Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea

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The star of the show is the splendid Seneca (Raffaele Costantini), and there are notable cameos from Romina Tomasoni (Venus and Pallas), and Makoto Sakurada (as Ottavia's nurse). There is plenty... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Mar 2010
Catalogue No: GCD920916
Label: Glossa
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea

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Ian Honeyman (tenor), Jose Maria Lo Monaco (mezzo-soprano), Alena Dantcheva (soprano), Xenia Meijer (mezzo-soprano), Mario Cecchetti (tenor), Claudio Cavina (alto), Giovanni Caccamo (tenor), Andrea Favari (bass), Pamela Lucciarini (soprano), Raffaele Costantini (bass), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Roberta Mameli (soprano), Romina Tomasoni (mezzo-soprano), Emanuela Galli (soprano)
La Venexiana

Sinfonia

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Prologue: Amore: Deh, nasconditi, oh Virtu (Fortuna, Virtu)

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Act I Scene 1: E pure io tonrno qui, qual linea al centro (Fortuna)

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Act I Scene 2: Chi parla? Chi parla? (Ottone, Soldati)

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Act I Scene 3: Signor, deh, non partire! (Poppea, Nerone)

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Act I Scene 4: Speranza tu mi vai (Poppea, Arnalta)

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Act I Scene 5: Disprezzata Regina (Ottavia, Nutrice)

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Act I Scene 6: Ecco la sconsolata donna (Seneca, Ottavia, Valletto)

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Act I Scenes 7-8: Le porpore regali imperatrici (Seneca, Pallade)

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Act I Scene 9: Son risoluto, insomma (Nerone, Seneca)

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Act I Scene 10: Come dolci, signor, come soavi (Poppea, Nerone)

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Act I Scene 11: Ad altri tocca in sorte (Ottone, Poppea, Arnalta)

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Act I Scenes 12-13: Otton, torna in te stesso! (Ottone, Drusilla)

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Act II Scenes 1-2: Solitudine amata (Seneca, Mercurio)

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Act II Scene 3: Amici, e giunta l'ora (Seneca, Famigliari)

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Act II Scene 5: Sento un certo non se che (Valletto, Damigella)

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Act II Scene 6: Or che Seneca e morto (Nerone, Lucano)

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Act II Scene 8: I mieli subiti sdegni (Ottone)

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Act II Scene 9: Tu che dagli avi miei (Ottavia, Ottone)

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Act II Scene 10: Felice cor mio, festeggiami in seno! (Drusilla, Valletto, Nutrice)

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Act II Scene 11: Io non so dov'io vada (Ottone, Drusilla)

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Act II Scene 12: Or che Seneca e morto (Poppea, Arnalta)

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Act II Scene 13: Dorme, l'incauta dorme (Amore)

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Act II Scenes 14-15: Eccomi trasformato (Ottone, Amore, Poppea, Arnalta)

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Act III Scene 1: O felice Drusilla (Drusilla)

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Act III Scenes 2-3: Ecco la scellerata (Arnalta, Littore, Drusilla)

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Act III Scene 4: No, no, questa sentenza (Ottone, Nerone, Drusilla, Littore)

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Act III Scene 5: Signori, hoggi rinasco (Poppea, Nerone)

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Act III Scene 6: Oggi sara Poppea (Arnalta)

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Act III Scene 8: Addio Roma! Addio patria! Amici addio! (Ottavia)

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Act III Scene 8: Ascendi, o mia diletta (Nerone, Poppea, Consoli, Tribuni, Amore, Venere, Coro di Amori)

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Act III Scene 8: Finale: Pur ti miro (Poppea, Nerone)

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Recorded in the Church of San Carlo, Modena, September 2009.

This recording from La Venexiana unchains those passions stirred originally with the arrival of one of the most dazzling masterworks of Baroque musical theatre: Il Nerone, ossia L’incoronazione di Poppea. For a long time attributed only to the exceptional talents of Claudio Monteverdi, today this opera is considered additionally to be the result of the combined contributions of various composers over a period of time, among them being Francesco Cavalli, Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Sacrati. Following directly after a recent La Venexiana staged production, Glossa and the ensemble of Claudio Cavina present here a highly-charged reading of the art of Monteverdi and his heritage, as transmitted by him and through composers after him – an art which created, enlivened and ultimately completely changed the musical world of their times. Back in September 2008 Claudio Cavina of La Venexiana received a second Gramophone Award when their recording of Montevedi's L'Orfeo was voted by the UK magazine's critics as the winner in the Baroque Vocal category. This year at the Midem Classical Awards in January it was another recording from that extensive Glossa Monteverdi series, the Quinto libro dei madrigali, which received an accolade in the Early Music category. La Venexiana has now completed its survey of all nine books of madrigals and is turning its attention to other areas of Monteverdi’s output. The group received its first Gramophone Award in 2001 for of Gesualdo's Il quarto libro di madrigali.The strengths of the Italian ensemble in this repertoire owe much to their innate understanding of their native language.

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June 2010

The star of the show is the splendid Seneca (Raffaele Costantini), and there are notable cameos from Romina Tomasoni (Venus and Pallas), and Makoto Sakurada (as Ottavia's nurse). There is plenty of variety in the instrumental accompaniments

26th May 2010

Mameli as Nero is as imperious as you could wish, and Emanuela Galli’s Poppea is believably seductive; the way they linger over the final love duet is extreme, but utterly entrancing...but the most colourful turn of all is the instrumental group, whose continuo playing and musical punctuation is deliciously colourful and joyfully flamboyant, a constant source of delight and fascination.

11th April 2010

Emanuela Galli’s sensuous Poppea and Roberta Mameli’s psychotic Nero climax in an almost bluesily languid duet. Not everyone will like it, but for the dramatic verve of Cavina’s direction and the vividness of the text this Nerone/Poppea has to be heard.

22nd April 2010

...the performances crackle with theatricality, the ensemble playing is first rate and the singing...is outstanding, with Emanuela Galli as Poppea and Roberta Mameli as Nerone making wonderfully believable characters of the murderously scheming lovers.

16th April 2010

The playing of nine continuo instruments is wonderfully alive and the singing of a largely Italian cast of Renaissance specialists, led by Roberta Mameli as Nerone and Emanuela Galli, is vivid and stylish...a lively and committed performance of a great opera – whatever its authorship.

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea

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