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Poppea Sabina, one of the most bewitching figures of antiquity, aspires to rise to the rank of empress alongside her lover, the emperor Nero, who must repudiate his wife, Octavia, in order to do so. Power, desire, and ambition intertwine in this masterly work by Claudio Monteverdi, his last opera. Conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón at the helm of Cappella Mediterranea, the concert version reveals the full dramatic power of this timeless opera. This production will tour Cologne, Geneva, Namur, Montreal, Toronto, and New York between May and July 2025.

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TSM presents Opening Night: The Coronation of Poppea

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Closing Concert of the Handel Festival

Große Galgenbergschlucht

The pastoral world is supposedly idyllic. But even shepherds are only people, and pretty Clori drives not one, but two shepherds to distraction. The most charming of all Handel’s Italian cantatas is accompanied here by three dancers who embody the feelings around this story and everyday’s relationships.

Clori, Tirsi e Fileno italian Cantata HWV 96

Goethe Theatre Bad Lauchstädt

Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, "L'incoronazione di Poppea," captivates with expressive, multifaceted music. A first-class group of singers and the renowned Cappella Mediterranea under Leonardo García Alarcón bring this early Baroque masterpiece to life.

Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea

Museum Ludwig

A young woman is given a job as a governess at a country house, Bly, where she will be looking after two orphan children, Flora and Miles. She has been hired by the children’s uncle and guardian, who doesn’t want to be bothered by anything and who makes the young woman swear to absolute secrecy about the goings-on at his estate. Mysterious things do indeed start to happen at the house, including strange behaviour by the children. She also finds something inscrutable about the housekeeper Mrs Grose, who has apparently spent half her life at Bly. Later, the governess believes she sees hazy apparitions of a man and a woman gliding through the rooms of the house, and she identifies them as the spirits of former employees Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. Demonic forces appear to be running rampant and plaguing the characters. At the end, one thing is certain: one of the characters lies dead. Everything else remains unanswered …

Countertenor

Nicolò Balducci

Events

Upcoming events

10 - 21 Apr, 2026

The Turn of the Screw · Staatsoper Berlin

May 30, 2026

Vienna Academy Orchestra · Orchester Wiener Akademie

Past events

Jul 10, 2025

TSM presents Opening Night: The Coronation of Poppea · The Royal Conservatory of Music

Jun 15, 2025

Closing Concert of the Handel Festival · Staatskapelle Halle

Future and recently performed repertoire

Tirsi in Clori, Tirsi e Fileno by Handel

Händel-Festspiele Halle

Nero in L'incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi

Kölner Philharmonie

Miles in The Turn of the Screw by Britten

Staatsoper Berlin

Angelo in La resurrezione by Handel

Orchester Wiener Akademie

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