The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland (2002)

  • NR
  • 07/15/2002 (GB)
  • Music

Overview

Claudio Monteverdi's operatic adaptation of this story from Homer's The Odyssey receives a modern and distinctive staging in this 2002 production directed by Humphrey Burton for Les Arts Florissants. Penelope Marijana Mijanovic is left to her own devices when her husband, the heroic Ulysses Kresimir Spicer, goes off to fight in the Trojan Wars. After many years alone, Penelope finds herself attracting a number of suitors who wish to claim her hand; however, what she doesn't realize is that jealous Ulysses has his ways of keeping an eye on her. Production of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; from the Theatre du Jeu de Paume.

Claudio Monteverdi

Writer

Humphrey Burton

Director

Giacomo Badoaro

Writer

Homer

Story

Cast

William Christie's headshot

William Christie

Conductor
Kresimir Spicer's headshot

Kresimir Spicer

Marijana Mijanovic's headshot

Marijana Mijanovic

Cyril Auvity's headshot

Cyril Auvity

Joseph Cornwell's headshot

Joseph Cornwell

Bertrand Bontoux's headshot

Bertrand Bontoux

Andreas Gisler's headshot

Andreas Gisler

Christophe Laporte's headshot

Christophe Laporte

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