The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

William Christie

Conductor

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Kresimir Spicer

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Marijana Mijanovic

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Cyril Auvity

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Joseph Cornwell

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Bertrand Bontoux

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Andreas Gisler

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Christophe Laporte

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Homer Claudio Monteverdi Giacomo Badoaro
Directing	Director	Humphrey Burton
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