Monteverdi 450's Ulisse docks in Salzburg

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 29 July 2017

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“Soprano Anna Dennis and tenor Zachary Wilder enlivened the stage whenever they appeared”

Reviewed at Felsenreitschule, Salzburg on 28 July 2017

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

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor

Elsa Rooke, Director

Patricia Hofstede, Costume Designer

Lucile Richardot, Penelope

Krystian Adam, Telemaco

Furio Zanasi, Ulisse

Hana Blažíková, Minerva

Anna Dennis, Melanto

Zachary Wilder, Eurimaco

Robert Burt, Iro

Silvia Frigato, Amor

Francesca Boncompagni, Giunone

Francesca Biliotti, Ericlea

Gareth Treseder, Anfinomo

Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Eumete

John Taylor Ward, Giove

Michał Czerniawski, Pisandro

Gianluca Buratto, Tempo

Carlo Vistoli, L'umana fragilità

Evil triumphs beautifully in Monteverdi 450 Poppea

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 29th July

The final opera in Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi 450 trilogy features an excellent cast and inspires deep emotion.

****1

An emotional L'Orfeo for Monteverdi 450

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 26th July

Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi 450 trilogy began its Salzburg run with a tear-jerking concert performance of L'Orfeo.

*****

Un Couronnement de Poppée exaltant par Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Maeva Da Cruz, 18th September

Clôturant cette triologie Monteverdi, Le Couronnement de Poppée nous démontre une nouvelle fois l'alchimie palpable entre les solistes, l'orchestre des English Baroque Soloists et Sir John Eliot Gardiner, qui composent ensemble une fresque des passions humaines aussi réjouissante que complexe.

*****

Trilogie Monteverdi à la Philharmonie : un Orfeo sublimé par Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Maeva Da Cruz, 16th September

Premier volet de la trilogie Monteverdi programmée à la Philharmonie en ce début de saison, cet Orfeo dirigé par Sir John Gardiner s'avère aussi envivrant musicalement que vocalement.

*****

Des Krönungs Krönung: L'incoronazione di Poppea in Berlin

Jens Klier, 5th September

Wie Pur ti miro lange Zeit als Ohrwurm melodiert, so wird die gesamte Mammutproduktion immerwährenden Nachhall und Eindruck in der langen und großen Erfolgsgeschichte Gardiners Monteverdi-Exegese hinterlassen.

*****

Eine Rückkehr und gerechte Happy Ends: Ulisse in Berlin

Jens Klier, 3rd September

Was lange währt, wird ziemlich gut: Sir John Eliot Gardiner und seine Montverdis überzeugen mit dem Premieren-Ulisse in Berlin.

****1

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Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.