>Yesterday I was so happy to attend a performance >of "L'incoronazione di Poppea" in the Hamburgische Staatsoper. Maybe the >music did only survive in melody plus bass line (even without >b.c. ciphers), maybe it's not composed by Monteverdi but by 27 >other people - but it is fantastic.
You should have heard it in Vancouver last summer! An all star cast of early music luminaries performed it in a fully staged production with the music directed by two lutenists, Paul Odette and Steven Stubbs. Seeing it was MUCH better than trying to listen on CD (of course). With super titles on a screen above the stage, it was easy to follow, and with the action on stage, I never felt bored with the recitative as I did trying to listen to the CD. Yeah, the music is not too shabby either. :-) -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
