1981 FESTIVAL OPERATIC CENTERPIECE
L’incoronazione di Poppea
Music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello (1598– 1659)
May 26, 1981
Boston University Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
Martin Pearlman, Music Director
Jack Eddleman, Stage Director
John Balme, Production Director
William Fregosi, Set Designer
W. K. Fauser, Costume Designer
Steven Friedlander, Lighting Designer
Banchetto Musicale
Martin Pearlman, Music Director
Boston Lyric Opera
John Balme, General Director
Cast
Patti Dell |
Fortune |
Nancy Armstrong |
Virtue |
Ann Jeffers |
Love |
Jeffrey Gall |
Ottone |
Richard Conrad, Peter Cody |
Soldiers |
Kerry McCarthy |
Poppea |
Susan Larson |
Nero |
Karl Dan Sorensen |
Arnalta |
Nancy Green |
Ottavia |
Jane Struss |
Nurse to Ottavia |
Philip Evancho |
Seneca |
Nancy Armstrong |
Page |
Teresa Bryan |
Drusilla |
James Maddalena |
Mercury |
Richard Conrad |
Captain of the guards |
Karl Dan Sorensen |
Disciples of Seneca |
Ann Jeffers |
Maiden |
Ray DeVoll |
Lucano |
John Osborn |
Lictor |
Peter Cody & Richard Conrad |
Consuls |
James Maddalena & John Osborn |
Tribunes |
Orchestra
Martin Pearlman & John Gibbons, harpsichord
John Gibbons, organ
Claudia Dart & Doug Freundlich, chitarrone
Daniel Stepner, Priscilla Hallberg, Stephen Marvin, Anthony Martin, Jane Starkman & Anne Black, violin
Stephanie Beal, ’cello
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba
Sarah Cunningham, violone
Nancy Joyce & Kenneth Roth, recorder
Kennth Roth, dulcian
Allan Dean & Aaron Smith, cornetto
