Crédit : Jean Fleuriot
The Coronation of Poppea at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
19th December 2024 - Classykeo, Philippe Scagni
Authors: Claudio Monteverdi and the Banquet Celestial
The place: Rome in 62 AD. Nero’s reign is at its peak in terms of decadence and cruelty. The emperor, after having his own mother, Agrippina, executed, manages to have the Empress Octavia (whom he will have assassinated a few months later) divorced in order to marry his mistress Poppea, not without having exiled the latter’s official lover, Otho, to Lusitania….
The characters
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