POPPEA at Dupont Underground and St Marks Capitol Hill

The final part of IN Series Monteverdi trilogy brings the composer’s most famous and audacious final opera of love, power, sex, and betrayal to life inspired by the performance tradition of South India, and specifically Bharatanatyam dance. This landmark production of one of opera’s undisputed masterpieces will be a collaboration with Indian-Canadian choreographer Hari Krishnan, whose work brilliantly combines the aesthetics of this traditional dance form with contemporary movement and questions of gender norms. The work will once more be directed and conducted by IN Series Artistic Director Timothy Nelson, and feature a cast of local favorites and international artists known for their interpretations of opera of the baroque. The INnovti Orchestra, IN Series’ own period baroque band, will blend with music of South India in an evening of whirling passion, music, poetry and dance. The opening will be a celebration of the Indian festival of Holi.
Featuring: Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Allan Palacios Chan, Maribeth Diggle, Hunter Shaner, Elijah McCormack, Rob McGinness, Daniel Moody, Peter Walker,  Dawna Rae Warren, Caitlin Wood, and Yudy Yannini, also featuring Yasseen Hassan, Tenesha Hunter, and Chitra Subramanian.