19th June

Concert will begin at 17:57 hours GMT

A world premiere from Madrid: Boesmans' 'Poppea e Nerone'

'Poppea e Neron' is the Philippe Boesmans' orchestration of Monteverdi's 'L´incoronazione di Poppea'. This piece is an Italian baroque opera comprising a prologue and three acts, first performed in Venice during the 1642–43 carnival season. The music, attributed to Claudio Monteverdi, is a setting of a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello It adapts incidents from the writings of Tacitus, Suetonius and others to recount how Poppea, mistress of the Roman emperor Nerone (Nero), is able to achieve her ambition and be crowned empress

Performers: Nadja Michael: Popea. Charles Castronovo: Neron. Maria Ricarda Wesseling: Ottavia. Williams Towers: Ottone). Klangforum Wien. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real. Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling.