artistic collaboration
with Jan Lauwers and Salzburg Festival

On the occasion of Salzburg Festival’s opera production "L'incoronazione di Poppea" in summer 2018, choreographer and director Jan Lauwers is working with dancers of his prestigious Needcompany as well as with dancers of BODHI PROJECT and SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. The premiere took place on August 12th, 2018 in Haus für Mozart.

PROGRAMME DETAIL

Claudio Monteverdi
L’incoronazione di Poppea
Opera musicale in a prologue and three acts (1642/43)

Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello
New production

Sung in Italian with German and English surtitles

CREATIVE TEAM
William Christie, Conductor
Jan Lauwers, Direction, sets and choreography
Lemm&Barkey, Costumes
Ken Hioco, Lighting
Elke Janssens, Dramaturgy

CAST
Sonya Yoncheva, Poppea
Kate Lindsey, Nerone
Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ottavia
Carlo Vistoli, Ottone
Renato Dolcini, Seneca
Ana Quintans, Virtù / Drusilla
Marcel Beekman, Nutrice
Dominique Visse, Arnalta
Lea Desandre, Amore / Valletto
Alessandro Fisher, Lucano / Soldato I / Tribune
Davic Webb, Liberto / Soldato II / Tribune
Virgile Ancely, Mercurio / Console II / Famigliare

Needcompany
Sarah Lutz, Solo dancer
Mélissa Guérin, Solo dancer
Dancers of BODHI PROJECT and SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance
Paul Blackman (Jukstapoz), Choreographic assistance and preparation
Les Arts Florissants

For detailed information please visit the website of Salzburg Festival.