On one half of the revolving stage of Yuval Sharon's "The Comet / Poppea" is an adaptation of Claudio Monteverdi's "The Coronation of Poppea." On the other half, based on W.E.B. Du Bois' dystopian ...

The renowned opera director and founder of The Industry is premiering 'The Comet / Poppea,' a mash-up of Monteverdi and a short story by W.E.B. Du Bois, at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary. By Jordan Riefe ...

What do 17th century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi and 20th century writer and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois have in common? Aspects of their work have been juxtaposed in a new opera, ...

Coronation of Poppea charts the consuming erotic obsession of the Emperor Nero for the beautiful Poppea Sabina. Ruthlessly sweeping aside anyone who stands in the way of their union - including Nero's ...

When Raymond Leppard’s 1962 Glyndebourne version introduced L'Incoronazione di Poppea to the 20th-century opera audience, with a large modern orchestra and its subtle dissonances smoothed out, the ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Claudio Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea has opened at Opera Theatre ...

Presenting the opera "The Coronation of Poppea," Monteverdi's 1643 masterpiece about sex and power in imperial Rome, is a very different sort of undertaking from staging something by Mozart or Verdi.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Florentine Opera Company's March production of The Coronation of Poppea ...

The characters in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera “The Coronation of Poppea” are not content to rest on their laurels. In fact, no one in this inspired-by-true-events tale of the rise of Ancient Roman ...

With “Rigoletto” and “The Coronation of Poppea,” Opera Theater of St. Louis remains committed to presenting works in translation. By Anthony Tommasini ST. LOUIS — The most disturbing moment in Verdi’s ...

Now we know not to call “The Comet / Poppea” a mashup. That was the obvious expectation before Friday night’s premiere of Yuval Sharon’s latest operatic experiment with his company, the Industry.