Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria show poster

Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at Palais de la Monnaie

Dates: (3/14/2017 - 3/16/2017 )

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Palais de la Monnaie

86 C, avenue du Port
Brussels,Brussels 1000

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‘Every departure longingly awaits a return, / Only you have missed the day of your return.’ Thus Penelope describes her wait for the return of her husband, Odysseus, after the end of the Trojan War. Contrary to what the title implies, this is first and foremost the story of Penelope: she is the real protagonist, as in Fauré’s Pénélope, which we are presenting as a counterpart to this baroque work. Monteverdi and his librettist succeeded in rendering this well-known story from Homer’s Odyssey with profound humanity and compassion. Whereas Monteverdi wrote his first opera, L’Orfeo, for the ducal court in Mantua, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in patria was composed for a public theatre in Venice. The expressive recitative brings the dramatic aspect to the fore in this dramma per musica. With René Jacobs on the rostrum, it would be an understatement to say that the theatrical ele- ment is in good hands, even in this concert performance.

Cast and Creative team for Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at Palais de la Monnaie

Music direction ¦ René Jacobs
Ulisse ¦ Stéphane Degout
Penelope ¦ Katarina Bradic
Telemaco ¦ Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani
Anfinomo ¦ Magnus Staveland
Antinoo ¦ Marcos Fink
Eurimaco ¦ Pierre Derhet
Melanto / Amore / Giunone ¦ Josè Maria Lo Monaco
Eumete ¦ Thomas Walker
Pisandro ¦ Mark Milhofer
Minerva / Fortuna ¦ Angélique Noldus
Tempo / Nettuno ¦ Luigi Di Donato
Orchestra ¦ B’Rock Orchestra

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