Monteverdi’s powerful, erotically charged opera of passion and duplicity, in which Nerone rejects his wife Ottavia for the alluring attractions of Poppea, first performed in Venice during Carnival ...

Aryssa Leigh Burrs, center left, and Caitlin Wood, center right, star as Emperor Nero (or Nerone) and Poppea in the IN Series production of Monteverdi’s “Poppea” at Dupont Underground on Friday.

Poppea is the lover of Roman Emperor Nerone, and she’s determined to become empress. But what of Nerone’s wife, Ottavia? When a plan to get rid of Poppea backfires, the schemers are sentenced to exile ...

The Florentine Opera Company's March production of The Coronation of Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi will feature GRAMMY Award-winning tenor Karim Sulayman in the role of Emperor Nerone. At the 61st ...

Poppea is the lover of Roman Emperor Nerone, and she’s determined to become empress. But what of Nerone’s wife, Ottavia? When a plan to get rid of Poppea backfires, the schemers are sentenced to exile ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nero’s ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York were similar. That is the message of “The Comet/Poppea,” an intriguing combination of Monteverdi’s 1643 opera “L’incoronazione di Poppea” and ...

It may date from opera’s cradle days but don’t be deterred: ETO’s production cuts Monteverdi’s sublime but lengthy score by a third and rattles through L’incoronazione di Poppea‘s intrigues with the ...

“The Coronation of Poppea” would appear to have one foot in the 17th Century, the other in the 20th. This product of Claudio Monteverdi’s old age, written in 1642, is the last and greatest of his ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Monteverdi's L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA--THE CORONATION OF POPPEA--is ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nero's ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York were similar. That is the message of “The Comet/Poppea,” an intriguing combination of Monteverdi’s 1643 opera “L’incoronazione di Poppea” and ...