Organization

Stage director

Robert Carsen

Director assistant

Jean-Michel Criqui

Set designer

Radu Boruzescu

Costume designer

Luis F. Carvalho

Lighting designer

Peter van Praet

Dramaturge

Ian Burton

Video designer

Tiziano Mancini

Set designer Assistant

Defta Catalina Codruta

Costume Designer Assistant

Edoardo Russo

Conductor

Ottavio Dantone

Singer

Tenor

Charles Workman

Ulysses

Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani

Telemachus

Mezzo-soprano

Delphine Galou

Penelope

John Daszak

Irus

Bass

Francesco Milanese

Time

Soprano

Marina De Liso

Juno

Eleonora Bellocci

Fortune

Pierre-Antoine Chaumien

Human Frailty

Miriam Albano

Mark Milhofer

Gianluca Margheri

Jupiter

Guido Loconsolo

Neptune

Arianna Vendittelli

Minerva

Konstantin Derri

Cupid

Andrea Patucelli

Antinous

Countertenor

Amphinomus

James Hall

Peisander

Melanto

Hugo Hymas

Eurimaco

Eumetes

Natascha Petrinsky

Eurycleia

Accademia Bizantina

Orchestra

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

Florence

Italy

A pioneer in the development of opera, Claudio Monteverdi took vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony into an era when genuine feelings and emotions could be expressed. Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria is part of a late flourish in Monteverdi’s illustrious career, and is considered the most tender and moving of his operas. His hero Ulysses is forced to undergo cruel trials, adversity, betrayal and deception before he can be reunited with his beloved Queen Penelope and recover his kingdom.
This acclaimed production is directed by renowned early music specialist Ottavio Dantone, who considers Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria

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