Coronation of Poppea
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Monteverdi's opera, the Coronation of Poppea, is set in ancient Rome and tells the story of how a noblewoman, Poppea, becomes Roman Empress.
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The Coronation of Poppea - an opera in a prologue and three acts.
The heavens open to reveal the goddesses Fortune, Virtue and Love contesting their supremacy; Fortune declares defeat over the rejected Virtue, but Love is victorious over both and so our story begins. It is AD 62 and dawn is rising over Imperial Rome.