"Opera choice: This performance of L'incoronazione di Poppea is a starstudded, mulitmedia extravanza from the 2018 Salzburg Festival ... This production is best watched, rather than listened to ... The cruelty of the action is horribly persuasive ... Yoncheva's Poppea embodies spontaneity, thanks to her everchanging timbres, explosive top range, broad gestures ... Lindsey's Nero is all cunning: intense, straight-toned, and wilful ... Other cast members match their intensity ... Underpinning all this is a band whose members the directors asked to play as soloists. Their realisations add to a production that, while sometimes overreaching itself, is always provocative and exciting".