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.

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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 ⓘ
Nerone ⓘ
linked to: Nero

Ottavia ⓘ
linked to: Claudia Octavia

Ottone ⓘ
Poppaea Sabina ⓘ
Seneca ⓘ
linked to: Seneca the Younger
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 Emperor Nero ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claudio Monteverdi → notableWork → L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria → relatedWork → L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
Giovanni Francesco Busenello → notableWork → L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
Giovanni Francesco Busenello → wroteLibrettoFor → L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
Ottone → appearsIn → L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
Ottone → inLoveWith → Poppea ⓘ
linked to: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Ottone → betrayedBy → Poppea ⓘ
linked to: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Ottone → appearsInAct → Act I of L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
linked to: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Ottone → appearsInAct → Act II of L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
linked to: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Ottone → appearsInAct → Act III of L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
linked to: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Pur ti miro → partOf → L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
Pur ti miro → firstPerformanceWork → L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
Pur ti miro → associatedCharacter → Poppea ⓘ
linked to: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Arnalta → appearsIn → L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
Arnalta → associatedWithCharacter → Poppea ⓘ
linked to: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Arnalta → workTitleEnglish → The Coronation of Poppea ⓘ
linked to: L'incoronazione di Poppea