Toronto Summer Music Festival: The Coronation of Poppea (Opening night)

Each year, we attend 3-4 concerts during Toronto Summer Music Festival.

We will start with Opening Night--which includes a complimentary champagne reception!

https://torontosummermusic.com/event/opening-night-poppea/

Ticket link is below. A range of price points.

Use this promo code for 10% off: CULTURE10

Poppea Sabina, one of the most bewitching figures of Antiquity, aspires to rise to the rank of empress alongside her lover, the emperor Nero, who must repudiate his wife, Octavia, in order to do so. Power, desire, and ambition intertwine in this masterly work by Claudio Monteverdi, his last opera. Conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón at the helm of Cappella Mediterranea, the concert version reveals the full dramatic power of this timeless opera.

This production will tour Cologne, Geneva, Namur, Montreal, Toronto, and New York between May and July 2025.

Join us for a champagne reception for the entire audience after the concert!

TICKET link: (sweet spot for seating is First/Upper Balcony--my opinion)

https://torontosummermusic.com/event/opening-night-poppea/

Soloists:

Poppea: Sophie Junker
Nerone: Nicolò Balducci
Ottavia / Virtù: Mariana Flores
Ottone: Christopher Lowrey
Seneca / Console: Edward Grint
Arnalta / Nutrice / Famigliare 1: Samuel Boden
Fortuna / Drusilla: Lucía Martín Cartón
Amore / Valetto: Juliette Mey
Lucano / Soldato 1 / Famigliare 2 / Tribuno: Valerio Contaldo
Liberto / Soldato 2 / Tribuno: Riccardo Romeo
Littore / Famigliare 3 / Console: Yannis François

Cappella Mediterranea:

Yves Ytier, Laura Corolla, violin
Ronald Martin Alonso, viola da gamba
Oleguer Aymamí Busqué, cello
Eric Mathot, double bass
Doron Sherwin, Rodrigo Calveyra, recorder & cornetto
Mónica Pustilnik, archlute & guitar
Quito Gato, theorbo & guitar
Marina Bonetti, harp
Ariel Rychter, harpsichord
Adrià Gràcia Gàlvez, organ