Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea
Tuesday 15 May 2007 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Another chance to hear German tenor Jonas Kaufmann accompanied by pianist Helmut Deutsch in a recital given at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, as part of last year's International Festival. Including a rare chance to hear one of Schubert's longest through-composed songs, his setting of Schiller's famous ballad Die Burgschaft.
Playlist
Schubert: Die Burgschaft
Bartok: Four Slovakian folk songs
Britten: Seven sonnets of Michelangelo
Strauss: Four Songs, Op 27
2.00pm
A performance of Monteverdi's great opera, The Coronation of Poppea, in a performance given last September at the Grand Theatre, Geneva.
Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea
Fortune/Drusilla ...... Martina Jankova (soprano)
Virtue/Octavia ...... Marie-Claude Chappuis (soprano)
Amore/Valet ...... Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano)
Poppea ...... Maya Boog (soprano)
Nero ...... Kobie van Rensburg (tenor)
Otho ...... Christophe Dumaux (countertenor)
Seneca ...... Carlo Lepore (bass)
Nutrice ...... Julie Girardi (mezzo-soprano)
Arnalta ...... Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Damigella ...... Valerie MacCarthy (soprano)
Lucano ...... Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor)
Lictor ...... Luigi De Donato (bass)
Grand Theatre Baroque Ensemble
Attilio Cremonesi (director)
