Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria: Theater an der Wien
About the Event
Réné Jacobs brings his early music expertise to Monteverdi's opera about the wanderings of Ulysses, in a concert version at the Theater an der Wien.
Based on the story by Homer, "Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria" was one of the first operas performed for a paying audience in Venice. Hoping to satisfy the listeners' hunger for extravagance, Monteverdi wrote his score for a large cast.
Concert version, sung in Italian.
Cast / Production
Conductor: René Jacobs
Ulisse: Stéphane Degout
Penelope: Katharina Bradic
Telemaco: Anizio Zorzi Giustiniani
Melanto / Amore / Giunone: José Maria Lo Monaco
Eurimaco: Pierre Derhet
Eumete: Thomas Walker
Antinoo: Marcos Fink
Pisandro: Mark Milhofer
Anfinomo: Magnus Staveland
Minerva / Fortuna: Marie‐Claude Chappuis
Il Tempo / Nettuno: Luigi Di Donato
Orchestra: B´Rock Baroque Orchestra Gent
