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Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria: Théâtre des Champs‐Elysées

About the Event

Hear Monteverdi's second opera about Ulisse's long journey home and triumphant recovery of his kingdom, with Emiliano Gonzalez Toro as Ulisse and Rihab Chaieb as Penelope, under the direction of Emiliano Gonzalez Toro.

In this opera, set by Monteverdi to a libretto by Giacomo Badoaro, gods and humans are intertwined in a combination of tragedy, tenderness, and even comedy.

Concert version.

Cast / Production

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro | Ulysse
Rihab Chaieb | Pénélope
Emőke Baráth | Minerve / L'Amour
Philippe Jaroussky | La Fragilité humaine
Zachary Wilder | Télémaque
Nahuel Di Pierro | Neptune / Le Temps
Philippe Talbot | Eumée
Fulvio Bettini | Irus
Álvaro Zambrano | Eurimaque
Mathilde Etienne | Mélantho
Anthony León | Jupiter / Amphinome
Lauranne Oliva | Junon / La Fortune
Angelica Monje Torrez | Euryclée
Anders Dahlin | Pisandre
Nicolas Brooymans | Antinoüs

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro | direction
I Gemelli

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