Göttlicher Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

By Sarah Donata Schneider, 05 March 2017

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“mit ihrem ausdrucksstarken, fließenden Mezzosopran schuf Ludovica Bello einen Hauch des Göttlichen”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater: Opernhaus, Mannheim on 4 March 2017

Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Country), SV 325

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Jörg Halubek, Conductor

Markus Bothe, Director

Robert Schweer, Set Designer

Justina Klimczyk, Costume Designer

Nikola Diskić, Ulisse

Marie-Belle Sandis, Penelope

David Lee, Telemaco

Ludovica Bello, La Fortuna, Minerva

Eunju Kwon, Melanto, Amor

Uwe Eikötter, Iro

Raphael Wittmer, Eurimaco

Christopher Diffey, Eumete

Christoph Wittmann, Giove

Bartosz Urbanowicz, Neptuno

Cordula Demattio, Dramaturgy

Jan Dvořák, Dramaturgy

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Sarah Donata Schneider

Die Liebe zur Oper entdeckte Sarah durch Ursel und Karl-Ernst Herrmanns Pariser Inszenierung von La clemenza di Tito. Seit Abschluss ihres Magisterstudiums mit einer interdisziplinären Arbeit über Richard Wagner promoviert sie am Mainzer Institut für Theaterwissenschaft über deren Mozartinszenierungen. Neben Wagner und Strauss gilt ihre Leidenschaft besonders dem Verismo. Musik ist für sie „Teil des schwingenden Weltalls“ (Busoni).

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