Details

Handel's 1710 opera shows the Italian influence on his work following his three and a half year stay in Italy. Claudius decrees that Otho, who has saved his life, will succeed him even though his wife Agrippina is scheming for Nero to take the throne. Agrippina uses Poppea, whom all three men admire, to set Claudius against Otho. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Cast/Performers

Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Lucy Crowe (Poppea), Iestyn Davies (Ottone), Gianluca Buratto (Claudio), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Eric Jurenas (Narciso), Jose Coca Loza (Lesbo)

Creatives/Company

Music: Handel
Lyrics: Grimani (after Tacitus and Suetonius)
Producer(s): Royal Opera House, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Dutch National Opera
Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev
Director: Barrie Kosky
Design: Rebecca Ringst
Costume: Klaus Bruns
Lighting: Joachim Klein
Dramaturg: Nikolaus Stenitzer
Company: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment