Opera review
‘The Coronation of Poppea’

 
JOHN BRANDENBURG
For The Oklahoman
Published: October 12, 2011

One way to describe “The Coronation of Poppea” would be as a beautiful exercise in irony, in which power, youthful passion and ambition triumph over virtue, with a little help from the goddess of love.

Beautiful costumes, Claudio Monteverdi ’s beautiful music, and mood enhancing projections made up for the minimal set of the early baroque opera, previewed Tuesday at the University of Oklahoma .

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