![]() ![]() Will concerns about the future have any effect on the music-making in your version of “Poppea”? But now that you’ve raised that issue, it does chime in, in a curious way, with what’s going on in the world at the moment: the uncertainty, and the potential for catastrophic changes. John Eliot Gardiner: Well, the decision to do “Poppea” was not based on Trump, or anything remotely connected with the catastrophic happenings of the last few months. ” What is it like doing this piece in the current political climate? VAN: In Monteverdi’s opera “L’incoronazione di Poppea,” the philosopher Seneca says to Emperor Nerone, “Unjust deeds betray a lack of confidence.” The emperor answers, “He will always be most just who is the most powerful. I spoke with him by phone from his home in North Dorset. with Monteverdi’s three operas, alongside the Vespers, Madrigals, and music by other composers, from April to October 2017. The conductor John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists will mark the occasion by touring Europe and the U.S. His operas are universal, important reminders that us humans have always had the same struggles, that we’ve been here before: 450 is a number that puts things in perspective. Round-number anniversaries of composers’ births and deaths can often feel arbitrary, excuses to keep programming the same music. ![]()
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