Monteverdi: Ulisse / Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
»Venice« Easter Festival
Claudio Monteverdi is considered a co-inventor and the most important pioneer of opera. The 450th anniversary of his birth was celebrated in 2017. Monteverdi expressed the passions of his characters through emotionally charged music – especially in later operas such as »Ulisse« (Odysseus), which he composed specially for Venice, where the first public opera houses were established around that time.
In »Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria«, the Greek hero returns home after a long odyssey to see his wife Penelope thronged by pushy suitors. Only by means of a cunning ruse does he succeed in winning her back. Italian Baroque orchestra Europa Galante and its founder and director Fabio Biondi come to the Elbphilharmonie to share fascinating insights into a time when opera was still in its infancy.
Performers
Europa Galante
Coro Costanzo Porta
Furio Zanasi baritone
Sara Mingardo alto
Ewa Leszczyńska soprano
Matheus Pompeu tenor
Giuseppina Bridelli mezzo-soprano
Roberto Abbondanza baritone
Moisés Marín García tenor
Karen Gardeazabal soprano
Mirko Guadagnini tenor
Francesco Marsiglia tenor
Olga Syniakova mezzo-soprano
Tarik Bousselma tenor
Roberta Invernizzi soprano
Fabrizio Beggi bass
Martin Vanberg tenor
director Fabio Biondi
stage direction Walter Le Moli
Programme
Claudio Monteverdi
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria / Opera lirica
Festival
Venice