Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea - Poppea and Arnalta

Poppea believes that Amore and Fortune will protect her, but her nurse Arnalta warns of the dangers of dealing with the powerful. When Poppea insists Arnalta tells her she must be mad to trust a blind boy and a bald woman. Rachel Yakar and Alexander Oliver in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s film, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. 1979 POPPEA Speranza, tu mi vai Il cor accarezzando, POPPEA Speranza, tu mi vai Il genio lusingando, E mi circondi intanto Di regio sì, ma immaginario manto. S’ a tue promess