L'incoronazione di Poppea
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L'incoronazione di Poppea is a 1643 opera by Claudio Monteverdi that dramatizes the ruthless rise of the Roman empress Poppaea Sabina and is celebrated as one of the earliest and most influential masterpieces of Baroque opera.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L'incoronazione di Poppea canonical | 2 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramma per musica
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| characterVoiceType |
Nerone – originally castrato (now often mezzo-soprano or countertenor)
ⓘ
Ottavia – mezzo-soprano or soprano ⓘ Ottone – countertenor or mezzo-soprano ⓘ Poppea – soprano ⓘ Seneca – bass ⓘ |
| cityOfComposition | Venice ⓘ |
| composer | Claudio Monteverdi ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus | Poppaea's coronation as empress ⓘ |
| dramaticTone | ambiguous moral ending favoring the lovers ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 17th century ⓘ |
| genre |
Baroque opera
ⓘ
opera seria ⓘ |
| historicalBasis | life of Emperor Nero and Poppaea Sabina ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major masterpiece of Baroque opera
ⓘ
one of the earliest operas based on historical rather than mythological subjects ⓘ one of the first operas to focus on complex human psychology ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Venetian public opera
ⓘ
later Baroque opera composers ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Giovanni Francesco Busenello ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arnalta
ⓘ
Drusilla ⓘ Nero ⓘ
surface form:
Nerone
Claudia Octavia ⓘ
surface form:
Ottavia
Ottone ⓘ Poppaea Sabina ⓘ Seneca the Younger ⓘ
surface form:
Seneca
|
| musicalStyle | recitative and arioso blended with arias and ensembles ⓘ |
| notableAria | Pur ti miro ⓘ |
| operaNumberInOeuvre | one of Monteverdi's three surviving operas ⓘ |
| orchestration | continuo-dominated ensemble with strings and basso continuo ⓘ |
| period | early Baroque ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1643 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Venice ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo ⓘ |
| prologueCharacters |
Fortune
ⓘ
Love ⓘ Virtue ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer |
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
ⓘ
L'Orfeo ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| settingRuler |
Nero
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Nero
|
| structure | prologue and three acts ⓘ |
| subject | rise of Poppaea Sabina as empress of Rome ⓘ |
| survivingSources |
Neapolitan manuscript score
ⓘ
Venetian manuscript score ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition and political power
ⓘ
erotic love and desire ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.