Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

Composer: Monteverdi, Claudio

Librettist/Text Author: Badoaro, Giacomo

Conductor: Gardiner, John Eliot

Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Chorus: Monteverdi Choir

Amore: Frigato, Silvia

Anfinomo: Treseder, Gareth

Ericlea: Biliotti, Francesca

Eumete: Fernandez-Rueda, Francisco

Eurimaco: Wilder, Zachary

Giove: Ward, John Taylor

Giunone: Boncompagni, Francesca

Iro: Burt, Robert

Melanto: Dennis, Anna

Minerva / Fortuna: Blazikova, Hana

Penelope: Richardot, Lucile

Pisandro: Czerniawski, Michal

Telemaco: Adam, Krystian

Tempo / Nettuno / Antinoo: Buratto, Gianluca

Ulisse: Zanasi, Furio

Umana Fragilita: Vistoli, Carlo

Costume Designer: De Sabata, Isabella

Costume Designer: Hofstede, Patricia

Lighting Designer: Fisher, Rick

Stage Director: Gardiner, John Eliot

Stage Director: Rooke, Elsa

Television Director: Glas, Sebastian

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Date of Production: 06-2017

Venue: Teatro La Fenice, Venice

Playing Time: 03:15:27

Catalogue Number: OA1348D

UPC: 809478013488

Synopsis

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

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Claudio Monteverdi was a pioneer in the origins and development of opera, taking vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony and entering a modern era in which genuine feelings and emotions are expressed through a wide variety of characters. Part of a late flowering in Monteverdi's illustrious career, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria is considered the most tender and moving of his three surviving operas. It takes its narrative from the second half of Homer's Odyssey, presenting Ulysses as a flawed hero; a lone wanderer who has to overcome cruel tests, terrible hardships, treachery and deception before he can be reunited with his faithful queen Penelope and recover his kingdom. Recorded in Venice's historical Teatro La Fenice, this semi-staged production is part of John Eliot Gardiner's acclaimed celebration of Monteverdi's 450th anniversary, a true milestone in Western cultural history.