Countertenor Reginald Mobley performs the role of Ottone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione Di Poppea with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Countertenor Reginald Mobley takes on the role of Ottone in Monteverdi’s Lincoronazione di Poppea in this brand new production with the Iván Fischer Opera Company.

This special event will be a joint collaboration between the Müpa Budapest and the Budapest Festival Orchestra with performances on September 9, 10 and 14 at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

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The title role will be sung by Jeanine De Bique, who was praised in The Washington Post for her “dramatic presence and versatility”. The role of Nerone will be performed by Arad-born countertenor Valer Sabadus, who won the Handel Prize in 2020. In a Guardian review, he was hailed as having “ravishing control and finely honed technique”. Countertenor Reginald Mobley, praised for his light, shimmering, pure, intelligible and articulated singing, will play Ottone; soprano Nuria Rial, who was chosen “Young Female Artist of the Year” and won the award of “Best Opera Recording” will sing Drusilla; and bass Gianculla Buratto, who used to collaborate with Sir John Eliot Gardiner in Monteverdi’s operas, will play Seneca. The audience will also meet such returning artists as Stuart Patterson, seen earlier in BFO’s Falstaff, and mezzo-soprano Luciana Mancini, who according to Bachtrack was the highlight of the Orfeo production.