Thursday 31 Jul 2008

19.00, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP; Box Office: 020 7589 8212
Tickets £7-£44 (price band B) or Prom for £5 (30 minutes before the doors open).

Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.

‘The Coronation of Poppea’ by Monteverdi (semi-staged; sung in Italian; one interval) A specially devised semi-staging, based on Glyndebourne’s new production, comes to the Proms under the dynamic direction of Emmanuelle Haïm.

Details on www.bbc.co.uk/proms .