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Monteverdi’s great opera is a celebration of unwavering devotion, conveyed in some of the composer’s most poignant, heart-breaking music.
After two brutal decades of war, the weary Ulysses is washed up on the rocky shore of his home island of Ithaca. There, he discovers the hordes of depraved admirers who have beseiged his faithful wife Penelope in his 20-year absence – and launches into battle to win back her love. Monteverdi’s opera is a celebration of unwavering devotion, conveyed in some of the composer’s most poignant, heartbreaking music.
John Eliot Gardiner leads an exemplary cast of world-class singers alongside the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in this live recording from The National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Poland – part of their critically acclaimed Monteverdi 450 tour in 2017.
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"... this account (recorded live towards the end of the tour in Wroclaw) has an appealing energy and ease. recitatives flicker and spark with detail, the repartee of the court, the blandishments of the young lovers, the pronouncements of the gods and the halting reconciliation between husband and wife each coloured distinctly. Instrumental textures are spare and speeds swift, and there's a welcome sense of narrative drive through a story that lacks the easy sensation of Poppea or the episodic structure of Orfeo..."
Alexandra Coghlan - Gramophone magazine - January 2019
“Gardiner’s ‘Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria’ is a very refined and noble version of Monteverdi’s composition…” ***
Alain Steffen – Pizzicato magazine.lu – 21 December 2018
Performance **** Recording ****
"... In incandescent performances, the artists turn the opera's challenges into strengths..."
Berta Joncus - Gramophone magazine - January 2019
“… with such vivid sound, it’s arguably as satisfying a version of Monteverdi’s penultimate masterpiece as any available on disc.”
Andrew Clements - The Guardian - 16 November 2018
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