Experience Claudio Monteverdi's three-act opera in the environment it was meant to be seen with this release of a filmed performance captured live during a 2000 production staged at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in France. Mireille Delunsch, Anne Sofie Von Otter, and Sylvie Brunet star, and conductor Marc Minkowski leads the Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble. Klaus Michael Grüber directs for stage.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Marc MinkowskiSelf - Conductor | Self - Conductor |
 Mireille DelunschPoppea | Poppea |
 Anne Sofie von OtterNerone | Nerone |
 Sylvie Brunet-GrupposoOttavia | Ottavia |
| CCharlotte HellekantOttone | Ottone |
 Jean-Paul FouchécourtArnalta | Arnalta |
| DDenis SedovSeneca | Seneca |
| NNicole HeastonDrusilla, Virtù | Drusilla, Virtù |
| CCassandre BerthonDamigella, Amore | Damigella, Amore |
| AAllison CookFortuna, Valleto | Fortuna, Valleto |
| FFrançois PiolinoLucano, Soldiere II | Lucano, Soldiere II |
| TThierry GrégoireFamigliere I, Pallade | Famigliere I, Pallade |
| UUlaş İnan İnançFamigliere III | Famigliere III |
| LLuc CoadouLittore, Liberto | Littore, Liberto |