For the rational, elliptic and trigonometric r-matrices, we exhibit the links
between three "levels" of Poisson spaces: (a) Some finite-dimensional spaces of
matrix-valued holomorphic functions on the complex line; (b) Spaces of spectral
curves and sheaves supported on them; (c) Symmetric products of a surface. We
have, at each level, a linear space of compatible Poisson structures, and the
maps relating the levels are Poisson. This leads in a natural way to Nijenhuis
coordinates for these spaces. At level (b), there are Hamiltonian systems on
these spaces which are integrable for each Poisson structure in the family, and
which are such that the Lagrangian leaves are the intersections of the
symplective leaves over the Poisson structures in the family. Specific examples
include many of the well-known integrable systems.Comment: 26 pages, Plain Te