L’incoronazione di Poppea
Mar 28th, 2009 by oldfogey
Monteverdi’s last opera, written when he was 75, is a celebration of illicit love. The final duet between Nero and Poppea as they find each other.
‘Just to look at you, to rejoice in you, just to hold you, to be joined to you. No more can I suffer, no longer can I die. O my life, my treasure.’
It is reticent and understated, as if discovering each other by faltering steps, each transfigured by the other’s gaze.
This is Magda Lazslo and Richard Lewis.
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