Performance

Venue	Royal Lyceum Theatre
	Other spaces: Garage Theatre
Town	Edinburgh
County	Edinburgh
From	11th August 2007
To	13th August 2007
When	19:30
Prices	From £10.00.
What is currently on at Royal Lyceum Theatre (V604)

Poppea

T0594298408
Poetic, comic and at times grotesque - this contemporary remix of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) has the spirit of the masterpiece at its heart. The love god Cupid encourages the romance between the Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea, despite his existing marriage. Sex, passion and politics ensure the path to this union is bloody and anything but even. All's well that ends... amorously? Opera, theatre, operetta and revue blend as a compact version of the original text is sung, spoken, whispered and screamed. Cole Porter meets Monteverdi by way of burlesque.

Archive :: production:T0594298408, play:S765757075, venue:V604

Production details

UK Premiere. Performed in German with English supertitles. Running time 2 hours 20 mintues Edinburgh International Festival

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Company	Vienna Schauspielhaus
Director	Barrie Kosky
Musical Director	Jorg Ulrich Krah
Musical Director	Barrie Kosky
Music	Barrie Kosky
Translation	Susanne Wolf
Design	Michael Zerz
Costume	Alfred Mayerhofer
Lighting	Barrie Kosky
Performer	Melita Jurisic
Performer	Ruth Brauer
Performer	Beatrice Frey
Performer	Barbara Spitz
Performer	Kyrre Kvam
Performer	Martin Niedermair
Performer	Florian Carove

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