Claudio Monteverdi: il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria

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.

• Felix BreisachDirector
• Giacomo BadoaroWriter

• Vesselina KasarovaPénélope
• Dietrich HenschelL'humanita fragilita / Ulisse
• Malin HarteliusMelanto
• Isabel ReyMinerva/ Amore
• Martina JankováFortuna/ Giunone
• Cornelia KallischEriclea
• Jonas KaufmannTelemaco
• Rudolf SchaschingIro
• Reinhard MayrAntinoo
• Martin ZyssetPisandro
• Thomas MohrEumete
• Martin OroAnfinimo