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Andreas Reize

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Andreas Leitze Conducts *The Coronation of Poppea*World Premiere Recording of the Complete Naples Version!Andreas Leitze, the new cantor at St. Thomas Church, is attracting widespread attention!Monteverdis late masterpiece, *The Coronation of Poppea*. The worlds first recording of the complete Naples version!Since September 2021, he has served as cantor (Thomaskantor/ music director) at the historic St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. He has attracted significant attention as a cantor of a new era, not least because he is a Swiss Catholic (whereas previous St. Thomas cantors were Protestant Germans). Reitze, who bears the heavy responsibility and great tradition of being the 18th Thomaskantor since J.S. Bach, has recorded Monteverdis late masterpiece *The Coronation of Poppea*, a monumental work!No original autograph score of *The Coronation of Poppea* survives; the work is known only through two ma