OPERA
AT THE MEGARON

World-famous Italian director
Luca Ronconi

Trevor Pinnock
A leading personality in the direction of
period-instrument performance he formed
The English Concert in 1973; their interpretations have set new standards
in the field of period performance and
their catalogue of over 70 recordings
have won major prizes

Patricia Bardon
Her extensive concert
and operatic repertoire
has taken her to all major music centres throughout Europe and in the USA

9, 11, 13, 15 October 1998
Claudio Monteverdi: "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria"
New musical adaption by Trevor Pinnock

Luca Ronconi director

Margherita Palli, set designer
Vera Marzot, costume designer
Sergio Rossi, light designer

Ulisse: Hans Peter Blochwitz tenor
Penelope: Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano
Ericlea: Gloria Banditelli mezzo-soprano
Telemaco: Paul Agnew tenor
Melanto: Laura Cherici soprano
Eurimaco: Bruno Lazzaretti tenor
Giunone, Amore: Gemma Bertagnolli soprano
Pisandro, L'Humana Fragilità: Michael Chance counter tenor
Nettuno: Andrea Silvestrelli bass
Antinoo, Tempo: Alan Ewing bass
Eumete: Martyn Hill tenor

Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock conductor

Events to include afternoon concerts
of the "Ars in vivo" music ensemble
in a Monteverdi programme
for voice and small group of instruments

Hans Peter Blochwitz
Acclaimed in all major lyric theatres and
concert halls for his operatic
performances as well as for his
interpretations of the German Lied and as
an orchestral soloist

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