This is my first and only performance of Arnalta (a travesti role) from Monteverdi’s: L’incoronazione di Poppea. The lullaby, “Oblivion soave” (“Sweet oblivion”), is both gentle and darkly ironic, a moment of human warmth in a world of ambition and cruelty. I sing here in a mixed voice, very differently from the usual way I sing. #poppea #oblivionsoave #monteverdi #incoronazionedipoppea
