Sara Mingardo leads a strong cast in Hamburg Ulisse

By Laura Servidei, 05 November 2017

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“Sara Mingardo was an astounding Penelope”

Reviewed at Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg on 4 November 2017

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

Staatsoper Hamburg

Václav Luks, Conductor

Willy Decker, Director

Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer

Susana Mendoza, Costume Designer

Kurt Streit, Ulisse

Sara Mingardo, Penelope

Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Telemaco

Christophe Dumaux, Pisandro, L'umana fragilità

Alexander Kravets, Giove

Gabriele Rossmanith, La Fortuna, Giunone

Marion Tassou, Melanto

Peter Galliard, Iro

Oleksiy Palchykov, Eurimaco

Katja Pieweck, Ericlea

Denis Velev, Tempo, Antinoo

Luigi De Donato, Neptuno

Dorottya Láng, Minerva

Viktor Rud, Anfinomo

Rainer Trost, Eumete

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

Sara Mingardo leads a strong cast in Monteverdi's Ulisse in Hamburg