Organization

Conductor

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Stage director

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Set designer

Costume designer

Pet Halmen

Video designer

Singer

Tenor

Werner Hollweg

Ulysses

Mezzo-soprano

Trudeliese Schmidt

Penelope

Francisco Araiza

Telemachus

Philippe Huttenlocher

Eumetes

Soprano

Janet Perry

Melanto

Peter Keller

Eurimaco

Arley Reece

Irus

Bass

Simon Estes

Antinous

Peter Straka

Peisander

Countertenor

Paul Esswood

Amphinomus

Renate Lenhart

Fortune

Jozsef Dene

Jupiter

Werner Gröschel

First phaeacian

Opernhaus Zürich

Others

Chor der Oper Zürich

Orchestra

Monteverdi-Ensemble der Oper Zürich

Italian

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria -  (The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland)

Zurich

Switzerland

From the Zurich Opera House: "Il ritorno d’Ulisse" (The Return of Ulisses) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. With Werner Hollweg (Ulisses), Trudeliese Schmidt (Penelope), Francisco Araiza (Telemaco), Philippe Huttenlocher (Eumete), Janet Perry (Melanto), the Chorus of the Opera Zurich and the Monteverdi Ensemble. The Zurich Monteverdi Cycle was "one of the most exciting opera events in a long time" (Die Zeit). It marked the beginning of the Monteverdi Renaissance that continues to the present day. Years of intensive study by conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - not only of the transmitted scores but also of the instruments used in Monteverdi's time - were necessary to provide a basis for the exceptionally high standard of the Zurich productions.

The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland by Monteverdi, From (1979/1979), Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle,, Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

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