Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Part Four
Thursday 7 April 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Thursday 14 April 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
4/5. When the first public opera house opened in Venice in 1637 the demand for musical entertainment soared. In spite of his regular job as Director of Music at St Mark's, Monteverdi found time to write several new stage works which were hugely successful.
Donald Macleod introduces the first - the story of Ulysses and his return home after the Trojan War.
Playlist
Proserpina rapita: Come dolce oggi l'auretta spira
OISEAU LYRE 421 4802
T5
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Poppy Holden (sopranos)
Jakob Lindberg & Anthony Rooley (chitarrone)
Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria - Act I, Sc1: Di misera regina Act IV (complete)
Act V Sc 10: Illustratevi, o Cieli
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901427.29
CD1 T3; CD3 T1-5, T12
Bernarda Fink Penelope
Christina Hogman Telemachus (Ulysses' son)
Christoph Pregardien Ulysses
Martyn Hill Eumaeus (shepherd to Ulysses)
Guy de Mey Irus (parasite to the suitors)
David Thomas Antinous
Dominique Visse Pisander
Mark Tucker Anfinomus (suitors to Penelope)
Faridah Subrata Melanthius Maidservant to Penelope)
Concerto Vocale
Rene Jacobs, director
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