The Coronation of Poppea

18, 20, 22, 24 & 26 July | Claudio Monteverdi / Giovanni Busenello
South Melbourne Town Hall, Australian National Academy of Music

Monteverdi's extraordinary operatic endeavour,The Coronation of Poppea, depicts a ruthless,ambitious woman determined to marry a maniacal emperor in an opera in which evil truly triumphs over good. It features brilliant young Australian countertenor David Hansen as the infatuated Nero and Tiffany Speight as the irresistible Poppea, whose charms and ambition propel her inexorably towards the throne.

The Coronation of Poppea is presented in association with the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM),whose musicians will join forces in the orchestra with some of our finest Australian and international baroque exponents, all set in the beautiful surroundings and acoustics of the South Melbourne Town Hall, ANAM's home.

Richard Gill - Conductor
Kate Cherry - Director
Richard Roberts - Set Designer
Anna French - Costume Designer
Jon Buswell - Lighting Designer

Tiffany Speight - Poppea
David Hansen - Nerone
Daniel Goodwin - Ottone
Sally Wilson - Ottavia/La Fortuna
Jacqueline Porter - Drusilla/La Virtù
Paul Hughes - Seneca
Elizabeth Campbell - Arnalta
Adrian McEniery - Lucano/Primo Soldato
Jessica Aszodi - Amore
Edmond Choo - Liberto
Laurence Meikle - Littore
Jacob Caine - Secondo Soldato