Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria : dramma in musica in tre atti /

Badoaro's libretto, based on Books 13-23 of Homer's The Odyssey, narrates the vicissitudes of Ulysses after his arrival in Ithaca, following on from twenty years of journeying and attempting to make his return from the Trojan War.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Arts florissants (Musical group) (Performer), Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain) (Producer), Teatro La Fenice (Producer), Dynamic (Firm)
Other Authors:	Badoaro, Giacomo, 1602-1654 (Librettist), Cable, Jonathan (Editor), Christie, William (William Lincoln) (Conductor, Director), Ricchetti, Matteo (Director), Van Rensburg, Kobie (Performer), Rice, Christine (Performer), Bayodi-Hirt, Hanna (Performer), Lyon, Ed (Performer), Auvity, Cyril (Performer), Cornwell, Joseph (Performer), Chiummo, Umberto, 1964- (Performer), Sancho, Juan, 1982- (Performer), Burt, Robert, 1962- (Performer), Sabata, Xavier, 1976- (Performer), Homer
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian
Language Notes:	Sung in Italian, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish or Italian.
Published:	Genova : Dynamic, [2010]
Subjects:	Odysseus, > King of Ithaca (Mythological character) > Drama. Operas. Filmed operas. Nonfiction films. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	Badoaro's libretto, based on Books 13-23 of Homer's The Odyssey, narrates the vicissitudes of Ulysses after his arrival in Ithaca, following on from twenty years of journeying and attempting to make his return from the Trojan War.
Item Description:	Composer: Claudio Monteverdi. Performer: Xavier Sabata, Joseph Cornwell, Christine Rice, Umberto Chiummo, Cyril Auvity, Juan Sancho, Edward Lyon. Conductor: William Christie Special features (20 min.): interviews to W. Christie, K. van Rensburg and C. Rice. Double layer discs. Program notes in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish (20 pages : col. ill.) inserted in container. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (182 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC, all regions; aspect ratio: 16:9; Dolby Digital; 2.0 PCM sound formats.
Production Credits:	Choreography, Roberto Maria Pizzuto; editing, Adriano Figari.