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L'Incoronazione Di Poppea [Blu-ray]

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Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Classical, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: Italian (DTS-HD 5.1), Italian (PCM2 .0)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
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Studio: Opus Arte
DVD Release Date: May 29, 2012
Run Time: 183 minutes
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
ASIN: B007DCI07S
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,934 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #854 in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Performing Arts
- #1206 in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Special Interests

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Carry on Poppea

By Keris Nine on May 9, 2012

Format: Blu-ray

As if it's not enough to be attributed with inventing opera itself - the first through-composed work being L'Orfeo in 1607 - Monteverdi advanced the artform even further with his last work (attributed), L'incoronazione di Poppea (1643), written at the age of 76 by making it the first opera to deal with a historical subject and real people. The composer takes full advantage of this fact, revelling in the possibilities of extending the qualities associated with the musical-dramatic form to show less elevated and more down-to-earth human behaviour. Directing Monteverdi's final opera for the Liceu in Barcelona in 2009, David Alden emphasises this aspect in his colourful, modernised production which certainly takes liberties with the characters and the setting to draw out the bawdiness and humour that is undoubtedly a part of the work, while Harry Bicket's sensitive conducting of the Liceu's Baroque orchestra finds the delicacy and sensitivity that it also part of the make-up of the human historical figures caught up in the drama of Nero's reign in Rome around AD72.

If that approach at times resembles that of a Carry On film, that's perhaps not as inappropriate as it sounds for this particular work. There is a great deal of sauciness in how Monteverdi and Busenello treat the scandalous behaviour of Nero's infidelities and Poppea's scheming. There is real passion in the seductive lines in which Nero and the music describe the hold that Poppea has over him, and there is some suggestiveness in Nero and Lucan's drunken celebration at having overthrown the stabilising influence of Seneca, but the activities of the Emperor and his affair with Poppea seems to promote a general licentiousness and scheming elsewhere among their associates.Read more ›

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Uneven, but satisfactory at the end.

By David Vidaurre on April 26, 2014

Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase

After watching this production I have to conclude that despite the criticisms about the instrumental flourishes, the Harnoncourt / Ponnelle production continues to be the standard by which all other Poppea productions have to be judged by. Persson delivers an outstanding Poppea, but the minor roles were not up to par. For instance, Klaus Brettschneider's interpretation of Amore has yet to be matched. The Bicket / Alden production suffers a little too much from the sins of "Regietheater", but it does deliver some memorable images; like the recurring theme of the revolving door and Father Time on platform shoes. In the end, as it should, it's all about the music, and the genius of Monteverdi is allowed to shine through.

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Many will find this a wonderful and refreshing experience but it may not be to the taste of traditionalists

By I. Giles TOP 500 REVIEWER on July 8, 2012

Format: Blu-ray

This lively and inventive production by David Alden grabs the attention from the opening moments and never lets go until the final curtain. The staging is mostly minimalist, the costumes are frequently bizarre and the use of lighting is dramatically incisive. The singers are universally superb, the acting is inspirational and the orchestral contribution under the leadership of Harry Bicket is faultless. Need more be said? Well yes .....

The story is, of course, essentially about extreme characters doing extreme things and this element is allowed full rein. The use of minimalist props and scenery throws the dramatic weight onto the singers/actors. The main prop could be described as the lighting which is constantly used to great effect to highlight the characters as appropriate and to segment the stage/scenery in order for the action to have greatest impact.

The use of extreme costuming is entirely appropriate within this concept with the celestial bodies being the most bizarre. The supporting roles such as the double casting of Arnalta and Ottavia's nurse, both wonderfully portrayed with great humour by Dominique Visse, are also strikingly colourful. The least unusual costumes are worn by the leading roles of Nero, Poppea, Seneca, Ottavia and Ottone which strangely gives them the outward appearance of greater normality and thus strengthens their dramatic viability. The minor supporting roles are all imaginatively attired to underline their individual roles within the drama.

There is a great deal of humour in this production which balances the main grim narrative. Changes of pace are frequent and are often considerable which underlines the dangerously unstable situation being enacted.Read more ›

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