Philippe BOESMANS (born 1936). Autograph music manuscript, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, 1988; 224 leaves 43 x 30 cm. Monumental orchestral score of Boesmans' re-orchestration of Claudio Monteverdi's opera. Commissioned by Gérard Mortier for the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, this version of Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea orchestrated by Philippe Boesmans was premiered at the Monnaie on May 16, 1989 under the direction of Sylvain Cambreling, and directed by Luc Bondy, with, in the main roles, Catherine Malfitano (Poppea), Marek Torzewski (Nerone), Trudeliese Schmidt (Ottavia), Elzbieta Ardam (Ottone), Malcom King (Seneca), Joanna Koslowska (Drusilla), etc. It was published by Jobert the same year. [WD3]. The orchestra includes: 2 flutes, oboes, 2 clarinets (one bass), 2 bassoons (and contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, harp, glockenspiel, piano, celesta, organ, harpsichord, synthesizer, harmonium, and the strings The manuscript is carefully written down in India ink on 36-line Sünova tracing paper. It is dated at the end "14/8/1988". There are corrections by scratching. Each act is paginated separately: act I, 111 pages; act II, 75 pages; act III, 38 pages.