Nero’s ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York were similar. That is the message of “The Comet/Poppea,” an intriguing combination ...

“There’s nothing more beautiful to me than a pit full of musicians,” violinist Sarah Darling remarked to me as she took her ...

From Empress Poppea to Emperor Titus, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week. The American Modern Opera ...

Yuval Sharon's 'The Comet / Poppea' is as an experimental dialogue with history in a way that only opera, with its capacity to worm its way inside the minds of characters, might attempt.

Yuval Sharon's 'The Comet / Poppea' is as an experimental dialogue with history in a way that only opera, with its capacity to worm its way inside the minds of characters, might attempt.

Written in 1924, it is enacted here simultaneously with “L’incoronazione di Poppea” (The Coronation of Poppea), a 1643 Italian opera by Claudio Monteverdi that explores the seductive ...

The new piece is quite the mashup, weaving together Monteverdi’s 1643 opera The Coronation of Poppea and W.E.B. Du Bois’ short story The Comet.

Monteverdi’s powerful, erotically charged opera of passion and duplicity, in which Nerone rejects his wife Ottavia for the alluring attractions of Poppea, first performed in Venice during ...

Production name The Coronation of Poppea. Venue Hackney Empire. Location London, then touring until November 14, 2023. Starts 30/09/2023. Ends 14/11/2023. Press night 30/09/2023. Running time 2hrs ...

Claudio Monteverdi’s opera The Coronation of Poppea had its premiere in Venice in 1643, shortly after the city became the first place to open a public opera house: no longer would opera be the ...