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A bold new take on Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea

Name: A bold new take on Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea
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‘Cognitive dissonance reigns as gorgeous music engulfs a drama about moral implosion’

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By Freya Parr

Published: September 19, 2019 at 10:23 am

‘Cognitive dissonance reigns as gorgeous music engulfs a drama about moral implosion’

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Monteverdi
L’incoronazione di Poppea (CD + DVD)
Sonya Yoncheva, Kate Lindsey, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Dominique Visse; Les Arts Florissants/William Christie; dir. Jan Lauwers (Salzburg, 2018)
Harmonia Mundi HAF8902622.24 195:41 mins (3 discs, plus DVD)

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's Digital Editor and Staff Writer. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music.

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