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POPPEA

1998 5 x 35′ episodes of soap opera
BBC Wales for BBC2
An adaptation in five parts of Welsh National Opera’s stunning production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea. Filmed at the Lyceum Theatre London. Paul Nilon as Nero, Catrin Wyn Davies as Poppea and Michael Chance as Ottone.
Margaret Williams photo

R E V I E W S

‘Opera gets no easier for television, so we should raise a cheer when any terrestrial network tries anything as brave as POPPEA. Williams achieved some remarkable effects, even though, for much of the time, the only prop was a sofa bed.’
Chris Dunkley, Financial Times

C R E D I T S

director
MARGARET WILLIAMS

camera supervisor
DAVID GOPSIL

production assistant
SUE PERRY-GRECH

production associate
VIV GOLDBERG

editor
JOHN MIDDLEWICK

executive producer
DAVID M JACKSON

producer
FIONA MORRIS