Monteverdi: Incoronazione di Poppea - Finale

Nerone finally has Poppea crowned: Amore ’triumphs’. Nerone holds Poppea in his arms while Poppea caresses the crown. The finale of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s film of Monteverdi’s masterpiece conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts with Eric Tappy and Rachel Yaker. CONSOLI A te sovrana augusta, CONSOLI e TRIBUNI Con il consenso universal di Roma, Indiademiam la chioma. CONSOLI A te l’Asia, a te l’Africa s’atterra; TRIBUNI A te l’Europa, e’l mar che cinge e serra CONSOLI e TRIBUNI Quest’