Programme
Il ritorno d'Ulisse
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Directed by William Kentridge
By Claudio Monteverdi
FIRST PERFORMANCE IN SPAIN
4 December, at 21:00 h
Teatre Municipal
Zona A 40€, Zona B 30€, Zona C 15€
With The Handspring Puppet Company and La Ricercar Consort, directed by Philippe Pierlot
Performance subtitled in Catalan
Duration: 1 hr 40 min
The South African visual artist and stage directorWilliam Kentridge has recreated Monteverdi’s most fascinating opera, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, on the epic of the Greek hero with puppets from the Handspring Puppet Company as the
actors. A new odyssey of images, music, song and wooden personalities.
Musical director: Philippe Pierlot
. Director and film: William Kentridge
. Decoration: Adrian Kohler and William Kentridge
. Puppets and wardrobe: Adrian Kohler
. Original lighting concept: Wesley France
. Video: Kim Gunning
. Solo singers (in alphabetical order): Valerio Contaldo, Adriana Fernández, Guillemette Laurens, Stephan MacLeod, Jean-François Novelli, Julian Podger and Anna Zander
. Handspring Puppet Company: Basil Jones, Adrian Kohler, Jason Potgieter, Louis Seboko and Busi Zokufa
. Ricercar Consort: Director and dessus and bass viols: Philippe Pierlot - Harp: Giovanna Pessi -Viols dessus and tenor: Kaori Uemura -dessus and bass viols and lirone: Sabina Colonna - bass viols: Romina Lischka - Guitar and theorbo: Eduardo Egüez - Guitar and theorbo: Charles Edouard Fantin