Opera Scotland

Incoronazione di Poppea 1992Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD)

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It has to be said that by 1992 Raymond Leppard's edition of this fascinating work, which had done sterling service for thirty years, was beginning to sound rather too lush, particularly in a lovely intimate theatre such as the New Athenaeum. Nevertheless, Monteverdi's music is good for students, not requiring the power of some later composers, and there are plenty of well differentiated short roles. And when, as here, there were two casts, a lot of the students got to appear and gain useful stage experience.