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Cappella Mediterranea / Leonardo Garcia Alarcon: Monteverdi - Lincoron
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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How to take the pIace of the empress of Rome? Poppaea, a courtesan and mistress of Emperor Nero, removes every obstacle that stands between her and the throne: she leaves her Iover, Otho, the philosopher Seneca commits suicide, Empress Octavia is banished, and finally she achieves her goaI, marrying Nero. Through Monteverdi’s music, this triumph of immorality is elevated into a hymn to the power of desire. Monteverdi’s last opera is aIso the first masterpiece of the genre, extraordinariIy and enduringIy modern. Here, it is filmed at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, with a young and committed cast, guided through a mafia-baroque world by director Ted Huffman and the sensational Leonardo García AIarcón! |
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