Playing time: 72' 43" + 77" 29" + 47' 14" = 2h 17' 26"
Performers:
Danielle Borst (soprano - Poppea), Guillemette Laurens (mezzo-soprano
- Nerone), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano - Ottavia), Axel
Köhler (counter-ténor - Ottone), Michael Schopper (bass,
voice - Seneca), Lena Lootens (soprano - Drusilla), Dominique Visse
(counter-ténor - Nutrice, Seneca's disciple), Christoph
Homberger (ténor - Arnalta), Guy De Mey (tenor - Lucain,
Liberto, 1st soldier), Martina Bovet (soprano - Love), Hanne Mari
Orbaek (soprano - Fortune), Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano - Virtue,
young lady), Gerd Türk (tenor - Seneca's disciple, Consul,
2nd soldier, Mercury), Andreas Lebeda (baritone, voice - Tribune,
Lictor, Seneca's disciple), Christina Högman (soprano - Man
servant), Regina Jakobi (mezzo-soprano - Pallas, Venus)
Concerto vocale (Amsterdam)
René Jacobs, dir.
Recording site and date:
Zeltingen, Abtei Machern [02/1990];
Rel.: 1990 (HMC), 2003 (HMX)
Excerpts:
[-] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 605 / 607 [CDx3]
Opéra Baroque: les moments forts.
Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Comments:
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Pierre-F. Roberge