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L'Incoronazione di Poppea

1979 · 164 min

An opulent staged baroque opera that unfolds slowly in sung Italian, rewarding those who settle in for its long, stately, emotionally charged drama.

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L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1979) Oper Zürich. Monteverdi / Italian
Overview
Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • power
    • ambition
    • betrayal
    • morality
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • musical
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism4
    Romance6
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    music
    Directed by
    Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
    Written by
    Giovanni Francesco Busenello
    Starring
    Renate Lenhart, Helrun Gardow, Klaus Brettschneider, Rachel Yakar, Trudeliese Schmidt, Éric Tappy, Paul Esswood, Matti Salminen
    Music
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Cinematography
    Wolfgang Treu
    Runtime
    164 min
    Country
    Switzerland
    Languages
    Italian

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