Name: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Start: 2009-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

Organization

Zanger

Tenor

Kobie van Rensburg

Ulisse

Mezzo-soprano

Christine Rice

Penelope

Cyril Auvity

Telemaco

Joseph Cornwell

Eumete

Bass

Umberto Chiummo

Antinoo

Countertenor

Juan Sancho

Anfinomo

Xavier Sabata

Pisandro

Ed Lyon

Eurimaco

Robert Burt

Marina Rodríguez-Cusí

Ericlea

Terry Wey

L'humana fragilità

Soprano

Sonya Yoncheva

Giunone

Dirigent

William Christie

Regisseur

Pier Luigi Pizzi

Set designer

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Sergio Rossi

Hanna Bayodi

Melanto

La Fortuna

Claire Debono

Minerva

Amore

Luigi De Donato

Nettuno

Il Tempo

Teatro Real de Madrid

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria -  (De terugkeer van Odysseus naar zijn vaderland)

Madrid

Spanje

Teatro Real

Based on a libretto by Giovanni Badoero from Homer's Odyssey, with this work, Claudio Monteverdi reached his maturity style, characterized by greater realism in the design of the characters and also by a greater disenchantment with life, although it confers a special humanity to the loving relationship between the main hero and his wife, the maximum example of fidelity.

Like other scores by the author, the work has fascinated quite a number of composers, some of whom have edited the work for their performance. Perhaps the most celebrated of all was Hans Werner Henze, with a fantasy-filled performance that was presented at the Salzburg Festival in 1985.

This representation, with musical direction by William Christie and stage direction by Pier Luigi Pizzi, features as protagonist the baritone Kobie van Rensburg, at the forefront of a cast that also includes such prominent names as Christine Rice, Umberto Chiummo and Marina Rodríguez-Cusí.

l ritorno di Ulisse in patria by C. Monteverdi, from Teatro Real, 2009. Directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, conductor William Christie, starring Christine Rice, Ed Lyon, Robert Burt, Juan Sancho, Cyril Auvity, Joseph Cornwell, Kobie van Rensburg, Xavier Sabata, Umberto Chiummo and Hanna Bayodi-Hirt. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian.

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Monteverdi

De terugkeer van Odysseus naar zijn vaderland

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