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

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

Freya Parr

Published: September 19, 2019 at 9:23 am

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

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, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. 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. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

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

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