Organization

Singer

Tenor

Kobie van Rensburg

Ulysses

Mezzo-soprano

Christine Rice

Penelope

Cyril Auvity

Telemachus

Joseph Cornwell

Eumetes

Bass

Umberto Chiummo

Antinous

Countertenor

Juan Sancho

Amphinomus

Xavier Sabata

Peisander

Ed Lyon

Eurimaco

Robert Burt

Irus

Marina Rodríguez-Cusí

Eurycleia

Terry Wey

Human Frailty

Soprano

Sonya Yoncheva

Juno

Conductor

William Christie

Stage director

Pier Luigi Pizzi

Set designer

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Sergio Rossi

Hanna Bayodi

Melanto

Fortune

Claire Debono

Minerva

Cupid

Luigi De Donato

Neptune

Time

Teatro Real de Madrid

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

Madrid

Spain

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

The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland

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Il 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 Sanc

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The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland by Monteverdi, From (2009/2009), Directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi,, Conductor William Christie, Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

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