15-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
A new production of ‘Poppea' struggles to get out of its own way
There's some fine singing to be found in the new production of Claudio Monteverdi's 'Poppea' from IN Series. Let's start there.
Composed in 1642, 'L'incoronazione di Poppea' was Monteverdi's final opera and remains his most popular, thanks in large part to its beautifully buoyant score, but also for its compelling cast of characters, whose dramatic depth and tragicomic range was relatively innovative for 17th-century Baroque opera.
