Le Banquet Céleste / Damien Guillon
Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea
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Recorded live at TivoliVredenburg / Grote Zaal, Utrecht, 2 September 2023
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About this concert
The most flamboyant Shakespeare dramas and the most expensive Netflix series pale in comparison to Monteverdi's last opera, especially when it deals with the human struggle for power and seduction, from bedroom to political arena. Under the bloodthirsty young Roman emperor Nero, nothing and no one can stop the rise of his power-hungry mistress Poppea.
Early Baroque composers wanted to bring the theatre of Greek and Roman antiquity back to life. Monteverdi became one of their leading figures. Centuries later, we know that their quest for the past created a spectacular new genre, which also had a rich future ahead of it. Le Banquet Céleste now provides the contemporary revival... of a 16th-century revival piece.
Programme
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Claudio Monteverdi
L’Incoronazione di Poppea (1642)
libretto: Francesco Busenello1567-1643
Musicians
- Catherine Trottmann Poppea
- Ray Chenez Nero
- Victoire Bunel Ottavio/Virtue
- Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian Otho
- Adrien Mathonat Seneca, Consul
- Paul Figuier Arnalta/Nurse/Friend 1
- Maïlys de Villoutreys Fortuna/Drusilla
- Camille Poul Amor/Valetto
- Sébastien Monti Lucano/Soldier 1/Friend 2
- Thibault Givaja Liberto/Soldier 2
- Yannis François Friend 3/Littore/Mercurio
- Le Banquet Céleste
- Julien Martin recorder
- Adrien Mabire cornetto I, recorder I
- Benoit Tainturier cornetto II, recorder II
- Marie Rouquié, Simon Pierre violin
- Isabelle St-Yves viola da gamba
- Nora Roll lirone
- Thomas de Pierrefeu violone
- André Henrich & Diego Salamanca lute
- Marie-Domitille Murez harp
- Kevin Manent Navratil harpsichord, organ
- Damien Guillon harpsichord & musical direction
About the performers
Le Banquet Céleste is a French ensemble of soloists, led by countertenor Damien Guillon. Since its formation in 2009 Le Banquet Céleste has caused a furore with programmes dedicated to Dowland, Vivaldi, Purcell, Pergolesi and J.S. Bach. Their first CD of Bach cantatas received high praise. The most recent album, Trinitatis: Bach Cantatas, was released in March 2023. Le Banquet Céleste has performed at the Festivals of Arques-la-Bataille, Les Arts Renaissants in Toulouse, the Early Music Festival Froville and the Saintes Festival.