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Opera
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Tickets from 11 EUR
Date Mon 14.08.2017
Time 18.30
Venue Tiroler Landestheater
Introduction One hour before the performance begins.
Duration Approx. 3 hours und 30 minutes (incl. one intermission)

A production of Den Norske Opera & Ballett Oslo in cooperation with the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik

The groom disappears from the wedding dinner on the day of the wedding. The bride is waiting, together with the assembled wedding party. For days. Years. Penelope is convinced that Ulisse will return. The men among the wedding guests aren’t, and each of them wants to take the missing husband’s place at the bride’s side. After 20 years Ulisse does return, however. This is a modern interpretation of an ancient work of world literature without changing the plot. “ Director Ole Anders Tandberg takes the libretto very seriously, every single word of the text”, conductor Alessandro De Marchi commented, impressed with the production. De Marchi, too, takes every single note of the preserved score seriously, and he also takes the way music was played during Monteverdi’s lifetime into account. “At that time, musicians were still versed in the great art of improvising even the melody in counterpoint”, according to De Marchi. “This art has been lost.” This is why he added the phrases of all the melody parts which used to be improvised to the sheet music for the musicians. The musicians themselves will embellish the notes supplied by De Marchi. This will result in a richly colourful, blooming musical island that will be an expression of the waiting Penelope’s yearnings and the returning Ulisse’s deeds. Since Monteverdi did not set the entire libretto of “Ulisse” to music, other compositions of his will be incorporated in the piece to stage two more scenes that go well with the atmosphere of the other segments: the pulsating madrigal “Zefiro torna” and the lyrical “Lamento della Ninfa”, which bemoans the infidelity of a lover.

Production

Intendant Alessandro De Marchi (Foto: Thomas Schrott)
Alessandro De Marchi

Musikalische Leitung
Academia Montis Regalis

Orchester
Ole Anders Tandberg

Regie
Erlend Birkeland

Bühnenbild
Maria Geber

Kostüme
Ellen Ruge

Licht
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Artists

Kresimir Spicer © Balmer&Dixon
Kresimir Spicer

Ulisse
Christine Rice © Patricia Taylor
Christine Rice

Penelope
David Hansen © Tonje Thilesen
David Hansen

Telemaco
Nina Bernsteiner © Bernsteiner
Nina Bernsteiner

Giuno / L'Amore
Hagen Matzeit

Anfinomo / 1. Freier / L'humana fragilitá
Marcell Bakonyi

Antinoo
Francesco Castoro

Pisandro / 2. Freier
Ann-Beth Solvang

Minerva / La Fortuna
Carlo Allemano

Iro
Jeffrey Francis

Eumaio
Ingebjørg Kosmo

Ericlea
Vigdis Unsgård Melanto
Petter Moen Eurimaco
Halvor F. Melien Giove
Andrew Harris Nettuno / Il Tempo
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Preview

Zuschauerraum GH
Tiroler Landestheater
Adress

Rennweg 2, 6020 Innsbruck

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Information
Introduction

As an additional service, we offer a free introductory talk. Rainer Lepuschitz discusses aspects of the programme with the artists of the evening. The introduction starts one hour before the performance begins.

Accessibility

We would be glad to assist wheelchair users with informations regarding the ticket, parking space and access to the venues. Therefore please contact our office:
+43 512 571032-13, tickets@altemusik.at

Discounts

Visitors under the age of 30 -50%
Ö1 members -10%
​ÖBB Vorteilscard -10% (only at the box office)

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