It seems that Ville Saukkonen has done it all. Are there any operas left for him to direct? The grand old man of the Finnish opera scene has directed hundreds of productions. Between intense rehearsal periods he travels the world extensively. Ville has studied at the Russian University of Theatre Arts in Moscow 1989-1993. Here, dressed as a Russian emperor, he poses as Nero, though the visual aesthetics of this production of The Coronation of Poppaea will be decidedly more modern.