3 LP - 6.35592 FK - (p) 1981

6 CD - 8.35807 XB - (c) 1988
2 DVD - 0440 073 4268 8 - (c) 2007

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)







Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria






Prologo

9' 19"
- L'humana fragilità, Tempo, Fortuna, Amore 9' 19"
A1
Atto Primo
51' 47"
- Scena I: Penelope, Ericlea 7' 45"
A2
- Scena II: Melanto, Eurimaco 9' 25"
A3
- Scena V: Nettuno, Giove 7' 31"
B1
- Scena VI: Coro di Feaci, Nettuno 2' 57"
B2
- Scena VII: Ulisse 3' 45"
B3
- Scena VIII: Minerva, Ulisse 8' 29"
B4
- Scena IX: Minerva, Ulisse 1' 42"
B5
- Scena X: Penelope, Melanto 3' 39"
C1
- Scena XI: Eumete 0' 55"
C2
- Scena XII: Iro, Eumete 2' 19"
C3
- Scena XIII: Eumete, Ulisse 3' 22"
C4
Atto Secondo
52' 41"
- Scena I: Telemaco. Minerva 2' 28"
C5
- Scena II: Eumete, Ulisse, Telemaco 4' 38"
C6
- Scena III: Telemaco, Ulisse 3' 44"
C7
- Scena IV: Melanto, Eurimaco 2' 06"
C8
- Scena V: Antinoo, Anfinomo, Pisandro, Eurimaco,, Penelope 8' 30"
D1
- Balletto 5' 16"
D2
- Scena VII: Eumete e Penelope 1' 13"
D3
- Scena VIII: Antinoo, Anfinomo, Pisandro, Eurimaco 4' 33"
D4
- Scena XII: Antinoo, Eumete, Iro, Ulisse, Telemaco, Penelope, Pisandro, Anfinomo 11' 22"
D5
- Scena XII (cont.): Antinoo, Eumete, Iro, Ulisse, Telemaco, Penelope, Pisandro, Anfinomo 9' 01"
E1
Atto Terzo
35' 36"
- Scena I: Iro 8' 18"
E2
- Scena III: Melanto, Penelope 1' 07"
E3
- Scena IV: Eumete e detti 2' 00"
E4
- Scena V: Telemaco e detti 1' 08"
E5
- Scena VI: Minerva, Giunone 1' 58"
E6
- Scena VII: Giunone, Giove, Nettuno, Minerva e Coro di celesti 6' 08"
F1
- Scena VIII: Ericlea 3' 54"
F2
- Scena IX: Penelope, Telemaco, Eumete 0' 55"
F3
- Scena X: Ulisse e detti 10' 08"
F4




 
Werner Hollweg, L'humana fragilità, Ulisse
Arley Reece, Iro
Werner Gröschel, Tempo, Coro marittimo, Feace
Janet Perry, Melanto, Coro in cielo

Renate Lenhart, Fortuna, Giunone
Maria Minetto, Ericlea
Klaus Brettschneider (Tölzer Knabenchores), Amore
Philippe Huttenlocher, Eumete

Jozsef Dene, Giove
Trudeliese Schmidt, Penelope Hans Franzen, Nettuno
Francisco Araiza, Telemaco Helrun Gardow, Minerva
Simone Estes, Antinoo Suzanne Calabro, Coro in cielo
Peter Straka, Pisandro, Coro marittimo
Christina Grossniklaus, Coro in cielo
Paul Esswood, Anfinomo, Coro marittimo, Feace
Arley Reece, Coro marittimo
Peter Keller, Eurimaco, Coro in cielo
Fritz Peter, Feace


Monteverdi-Ensemble Opernaus Zürich



Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gesamtleitung
 
Luogo e data di registrazione
Neue Kirche Altstetten & Neuw Kirche Albisrieden, Zurigo (Svizzera) - febbraio 1979
Registrazione live / studio
studio
Producer / Engineer
Original Soundtrack Unitel Film & TV Production
Prima Edizione CD
Teldec  - 8.35807 XB - (6 cd) - 70' 04" + 70' 56" + 64' 22" + 72' 24" + 69' 23" + 62' 18" - (c) 1988 - AAD
Prima Edizione LP
Telefunken - 6.35592 FK - (3 lp) - 50' 53" + 54' 00" + 44' 37" - (p) 1981
Edizione DVD
Deutsche Grammophon - 0440 073 4268 8 - (2 dvd) - 116" 00" + 37' 00" - (c) 2007 - (IT) GB-DE-FR-SP-CH

IL RITORNO D'ULISSE IN PATRIA
"Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria" is one of Monterdi's late works. Composed in 1641 for Venice and Bologna, this opera nevertheless cannot be counted as one of the Baroque operas which actually became fashionable a little later, the concept of which pushed the course of dramatic action into the background in favour of stage effects and of certain star soloists. In this respect “Ulisse” can be regarded as an early Baroque, or even a Renaissance-type work. - In the prologue, “Human Frailty” sings of its dependency upon fate, love and transitoriness. - Penelope and her old nurse Euryclea bemoan her sad fate and plead for the retun of Odysseus. - Urged on by her lover Eurimaco, the maid Melanto tries, in league with the suitors, to make her mistress Penelope change her mind. - Thanks to Pallas Athene and the Phaeacians, Odysseus is able once more to retun to his homeland. They have outwitted Poseidon who is trying to prevent the retun home of the Greek heroes who had fought in the Trojan war. In a fit of rage he punishes the Phaeacians by turning them into stone. - Odysseus awakes on the coast of Ithaca and thinks that he has been deserted and betrayed by the Phaeacians. He meets Athene, who is disguised as a shepherd boy and who explains his mistake and requests him to obey her orders. Disguised as a beggar, Odysseus makes his way to the palace, to Penelope and the suitors. En route he encounters the old swineherd Eumete, who has remained loyal to him. The “beggar” tells him of the imminent return of Odysseus; he then reveals himself to his son Telemaco, who has just returned from a journey to Sparta where, protected by Athene, he wanted to obtain further information about his father from Helen. - At the palace the suitors are trying to enliven Penelope’s mood with a ballet, and they urge her to take one of them as her husband. When Eumete announces the arrival of Odysseus and the return of Telemaco, the suitors decide to kill Telemaco and force Penelope to do what they want before her husband returns. - Eumete annoys the suitors by bringing into the palace a beggar, Odysseus in disguise; but when the latter beats the gluttonous parasite Iro in a wrestling match he is allowed to remain. The suitors lay presents at Penelope’s feet, and she sees only one way of protecting herself against their advances - or enabling a decision to be taken. Whoever can draw the bow of Odysseus may take her for his wife. None of them succeeds in the test, and Odysseus asks that he might try his strength, renouncing the prize. Still disguised as a beggar he draws the bow and kills the suitors. - Iro mourns the loss of the suitors and his easy, well-fed style of life and kills himself. - Hera and Athene ask Zeus for peace for Odysseus. Poseidon is placated and thus nothing stands in the way of a happy ending. - Ericlea has recognized by a scar that the beggar is Odysseus; she now considers whether she may speak or, at Odysseus request, must remain silent. - It is difficult to convince Penelope that the beggar, restored to his proper appearance by Athene, is her husband Odysseus. She does not wish to be conquered by magic tricks. However, when Odysseus describes the patterned coverlet with which she once decorated her bed, and which nobody else but he has seen, Penelope is finally able to accept her happiness.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929-2016)
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