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4 days ago · The 1985 Salzburg Festival boasted a quite unusual premiere: a 17th century Venetian opera by Italian Baroque composer Claudio Monteverdi entitled Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, or The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland, as arranged and orchestrated by the contemporary German composer Hans Werner Henze. The surviving music for Monteverdi’s ...
2 days ago · August 20, 2024. Twitter Facebook Email. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (The Homecoming of Ulysses, 1640) opera in three acts Ulisse – Richard Stilwell (baritone) Penelope – Frederica von Stade (mezzo) Telemaco – Patrick Power (tenor) Minerva- Ann Murray (mezzo) La Fortuna – Lynda Russell (soprano) Nettuno ...
1 day ago · Mills says Eucalyptus traces its lineage from the western operatic tradition, which is generally considered to start with Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, written in 1607. “The story of Ellen and Holland and Cave and the Stranger is a story that plays out over history many times.
1 day ago · Monteverdi Choir + English Baroque Soloists + Christoph Genz (tenor) + Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) + Jonathan Brown (bass) Album Bach Cantatas, Vol. 6: Köthen-Frankfurt, SDG 134
15 hours ago · Mills says Eucalyptus traces its lineage from the western operatic tradition, which is generally considered to start with Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, written in 1607. “The story of Ellen and Holland and Cave and the Stranger is a story that plays out over history many times.
1 day ago · Weaving together the work of two crucial transitional figures in the shift from Renaissance to Baroque, each section of Monteverdi's six-part mass is followed by a motet by Giovani Gabrieli, from the joyful Plaudite omnis terra to the serenity of O magnum mysterium.
5 days ago · Claudio Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria is a love story pur sang. With this opera he narrates the long-awaited homecoming of Odysseus after his mythical travels in the aftermath of the Trojan War. After L’Orfeo - on the programme later this season - it was the second opera composed by the Italian master.
