Name: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria
Start: 2023-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

Organization

Conductor

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

David Hansen

Human Frailty

Bass

Nicolas Brooymans

Time

Soprano

Lysa Menu

Fortune

Emőke Baráth

Cupid

Fleur Barron

Penelope

Alix Le Saux

Eurycleia

Mathilde Etienne

Melanto

Tenor

Álvaro Zambrano

Eurimaco

Christian Immler

Neptune

Juan Sancho

Jupiter

Ulysses

Minerva

Nicholas Scott

Eumetes

Fulvio Bettini

Irus

Zachary Wilder

Telemachus

Antinous

Anders J Dahlin

Peisander

Countertenor

Amphinomus

Juno

Teatro Real de Madrid

Orchestra

I Gemelli

Italian

Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria

Madrid

Spain

Teatro Real

Sala Principal

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

Public

The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Tras la estela de L’Orfeo la pasada temporada, y tras casi 15 años, vuelve al Teatro Real junto a la orquesta I Gremelli  otro de los títulos clave de la producción de Monteverdi sobre la fragilidad humana, sujeta a poderes como la Fortuna, el Amor y el Tiempo. Con el canto como un recurso dramático, Monteverdi adapta las aventuras y desventuras de Ulises narradas por Homero en su Odisea. 

Ulises es el héroe cuyo destino consiste en batirse —con dioses hostiles, con monstruos hostiles, con hombres hostiles— y luchar contra poderes irracionales y sobrehumanos para restaurar algo tan básico como la unidad familiar o su propia identidad. Es también un mito complejo en cuanto no podemos separar su historia de muchas otras: la esperanza de su hijo Telémaco, la impaciencia de su nodriza Euriclea, la fidelidad de su porquerizo Eumete o —sobre todo— la indecisión de su esposa Pené– lope, sobre la cual se enrosca el nudo de la trama y de la cual depende, en definitiva, su desenlace.

Escrita cuando el compositor sobrepasaba los setenta años, su partitura es todo un compendio del arte monteverdiano en el que resuenan la persuasiva elocuencia de L’Orfeo, los belicosos efectos de Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda y el lirismo de sus Scherzi musicali.

Incluye también el primer personaje netamente buffo —el «parásito» Iro— de la historia de la ópera, pero también es la primera en representar en términos musicales y en toda su humana complejidad los espinosos procesos psicológicos de sus protagonistas.

Estrenada en el Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo de Venecia en 1640

Estrenada en el Teatro Real el 17 de abril de 2009

español

After the wake of L'Orfeo last season, and after almost 15 years, another of the key titles of Monteverdi's production on human fragility, subject to powers such as Fortune, Love and Time, returns to the Teatro Real with the orchestra I Gremelli. With song as a dramatic device, Monteverdi adapts the adventures and misadventures of Ulysses narrated by Homer in his Odyssey.

Ulysses is a hero whose destiny is do battle — with hostile gods, with hostile monsters, with hostile men— and fight against irrational and superhuman powers to restore something as basic as family unity or his own identity. It is also a complex myth as we are unable to separate it from many others:  the hope of his son Telemacus, the impatience of his nursemaid Ericlea, the fidelity of his swineherd Eumetes or — above all — the indecision of his wife Penelope, on which the crux of the story coils and, on whom, in short, the outcome depends.

Written when the composer was over seventy, the score is a whole compendium of the art of Monteverdi where the persuasive eloquence of L’Orfeo, the warlike effects of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and the lyricism of his Scherzi musicali resonate.

It also includes the first character who is clearly buffo — the «parasite » Iro— in the history of opera. As well, it is also the first to represent the problematic psychological development of his protagonists both in musical terms and in their human complexities.

Premiere at Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venecia in 1640

Premire at the Teatro Real on 17 April 2009

English

Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria by Monteverdi, Mon 04 Dec 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

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