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Special offer. Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Cynthia Haymon (Poppea), Brigitte Balleys (Nerone), Michael Chance (Ottone), Harry van der Kamp (Seneca), Ning Liang (Ottavia), Heidi Grant Murphy (Drusilla), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Arnalta), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Claron McFadden (Valletto)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stage...
…mezzo-soprano Brigitte Balleys as Nero is credibly masculine without being theatrically butch, Ning Liang is darkly dignified as Ottavia, countertenor Michael Change (Ottone) and bass Harry...
Special offer. Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Cynthia Haymon (Poppea), Brigitte Balleys (Nerone), Michael Chance (Ottone), Harry van der Kamp (Seneca), Ning Liang (Ottavia), Heidi Grant Murphy (Drusilla), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Arnalta), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Claron McFadden (Valletto)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stage...
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…mezzo-soprano Brigitte Balleys as Nero is credibly masculine without being theatrically butch, Ning Liang is darkly dignified as Ottavia, countertenor Michael Change (Ottone) and bass Harry...
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- Cynthia Haymon (Poppea), Brigitte Balleys (Nerone), Michael Chance (Ottone), Harry van der Kamp (Seneca), Ning Liang (Ottavia), Heidi Grant Murphy (Drusilla), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Arnalta), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Claron McFadden (Valletto)
- Les Talens Lyriques
- Christophe Rousset, stage direction by Pierre Audi
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Awards and reviews
September 2005
…mezzo-soprano Brigitte Balleys as Nero is credibly masculine without being theatrically butch, Ning Liang is darkly dignified as Ottavia, countertenor Michael Change (Ottone) and bass Harry van der Kamp (Seneca) are rock steady in their roles. Soprano Cynthia Haymon as Poppea has presence... The stage setting and direction by Pierre Audi is rather gloomy and minimalist, and so focused on internal feelings that there is almost no theatrical transition between scenes... Even so, this is now the first choice on DVD for this opera...
Memorable Monteverdi - Brigitte Balleys’s Nerone was so flawlessly sung that one never missed the more usual tenor casting of the role
Amsterdam has a model opera company: fresh, controversial and accessible… this Poppea is a quality product of self-evidently world class distinction
