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Claudio Monteverdi: il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (2002)
Directed by Felix Breisach
Music, Fantasy · 2h 34m
After ten years battling in the Trojan War—and another ten on an epic journey homeward—Ulysses returns to his homeland. Disguised as a beggar, the king of Ithaca must recover his wife, his son, and his people... Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Venice, 1640), directed here by Klaus-Michael Grüber and conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, achieves a perfect dramatic balance, stirring the imagination and instantly transporting the viewer to a long-ago time. The all-star cast features one of the earliest recorded appearances by the great Jonas Kaufmann, who makes his presence felt as Ulisse's son Telemaco.
Cast
Vesselina Kasarova
Pénélope
Dietrich Henschel
L'humanita fragilita / Ulisse
Malin Hartelius
Melanto
Isabel Rey
Minerva/ Amore
Martina Janková
Fortuna/ Giunone
Cornelia Kallisch
Ericlea
J
Jonas Kaufmann
Telemaco
R
Rudolf Schasching
Iro
R
Reinhard Mayr
Antinoo
M
Martin Zysset
Pisandro
T
Thomas Mohr
Eumete
M
Martin Oro
Anfinimo
Crew
- Director
- Felix Breisach
- Writer
- Giacomo Badoaro
Details
- Release date
- 2002-01-01
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- Genres
- Music, Fantasy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Production
- Opernhaus Zürich