L'incoronazione di Poppea
L'incoronazione di Poppea is an Italian opera by Claudio Monteverdi with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello.
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The original text
The opera explores how Poppaea, mistress of the Roman emperor Nero, achieves her ambition and be crowned empress.
First performed at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice during the 1643 carnival season.
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Performance history in South Africa
2008: Presented by Cape Town Opera (20–29 November)
Sources
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
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