Original: L'incoronazione di Poppea ( SV 308 , The Coronation of Poppea ) is an opera seria in three acts by Claudio Monteverdi to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello , based on historical incidents described in the Annals of Tacitus .
Simplified: L'incoronazione di Poppea ( The Coronation of Poppea ) is an opera in three acts by Claudio Monteverdi .