Monteverdi Anniversary

[caption id="attachment_16225" align="alignleft" width="198"] Monteverdi c 1630 by Bernardo Strozzi[/caption]

Claudio Monteverdi, born 15 May 1567.

This duet from his opera L'Incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) is ravishingly sung by soprano Danielle De Niese and counter-tenor Philippe Jarrousky.