Les Epopees - Monteverdi: L'incoronazione Di Poppea [CD] M/NM Pestilential Rictus

Pestilential Rictus

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Les Epopees - Monteverdi: L'incoronazione Di Poppea [CD] M/NM Pestilential RictusPoppea, a courtesan with an insatiable thirst for power, weaves her destiny with formidable grace. Mistress of the Emperor Nero, she frees herself from all restraints, sweeping aside past loves, orchestrating the suicide of the philosopher Seneca and precipitating the fall of the Empress Octavia. Her coronation and the coveted union with Nero could be seen as nothing more than a manifesto of amorality. However, under Monteverdi's majestic inspiration