Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria

Claudio Monteverdi
Cremona 1567 - Venezia 1643

direzione  Federico Bardazzi

Virtual Stage

PHILOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
unrevealed visions and horizons for a new live scene

Oδυσσἐuς
history of revenge and power

Virtual Stage
AND TECHNOLOGY
unrevealed visions and horizons for a new live scene

 

 

Concept & Innovation, DirectorZanin
Artistic Direction Paolo Bellocci
Conductor Federico Bardazzi
Camera Matteo Giulio Pagliai
Video Alessio Bianciardi
Sound Engineers Nicola Cavina
costumes by Winter Giulia
libretto Giacomo Badoaro
first performance Venezia 1640
the scene is Ithaca, Island of the Ionian Sea, now named Iliachi
edition Clifford Bartlett

Characters
L'humana Fragilita' (Prologo) Giulia Gianni soprano
Il Tempo (Prologo), Antinoo (Procio Penelope's lover) Sandro Degl'Innocenti bass
La Fortuna (Prologo) Martha Rook soprano
Minerva Mira Dozio soprano
L'Amore (Prologo) Matilde Leonardi soprano
Giove, Eurimaco (Melanto's lover) Cheng Hsiangyuan tenor
Nettuno Kyle Sullivan bass
Giunone Honoka Sekiya soprano
Melanto (Penelope's bridesmaid) Saya Kamikubo soprano
Ulisse Leonardo De Lisi tenor
Penelope (Ulisse's wife) Seoyeon Choi soprano
Telemaco (Ulisse's son) Francesco Nocco tenor
Pisandro (Procio Penelope's lover) Sabina Caponi alto
Anfinomo (Procio Penelope's lover) Li Xuan tenor
Eumete (Ulisse's Shepherd) Haruyuki Hirai tenor
Iro (Procios Parasite) Saverio Bambi bass
Ericlea (Ulisse's nurse) Anna Chiara Mugnai alto
Feaci (ATTB tutti) Coro in Cielo (SSAT tutti), Coro Maritimo (ATTB tutti)

 

Instruments
recorder Marco Di Manno
violins Rebecca Huber, Jean Marie Gardette
gamba Martina Weber
theorbo, baroque guitar Andrea Benucci
harpsichord Andrea Bareggi
organ Cecilia Iannandrea
harpsichord Dimitri Betti
baroque harp Debora Tempestini
organ Giacomo Benedetti
cello Lavinia Camarin
drums Orlando Aguilar Velazquez

with the virtual participation of:

Heliosfero
violini Rebecca Huber, Pietro Battistoni
gamba Evan Buttar
cello Anna Litvinenko
violone Alon Portal
dulciana Takako Kunugi
percussions Orlando Aguilar Velazquez

Juvenes Cantores della Cattedrale di Sarzana
Choir Master Alessandra Montali

Cristiano Burgio narrative voice

* the sounds of the midi instruments were realized by Nicola Cavina and Edoardo Angelini on the original instruments of:

regale Massimo Cialfi
harpsichord, organ Giacomo Benedetti

Musical Assistants Dimitri Betti, Marco Di Manno

Technical Staff
stage assistant Alva Miconi
audio David Tozzi
video, luci Eunice Boscarelli
streaming Giada Catalano
make up Irene Bonechi, Diletta Giorgetti