Details

After his long journey home following the Trojan War, the Greek wanderer Ulysses returns to find his home filled with a stable of suitors, each desperate to win the hand of his presumed widow, Penelope. But after so many years away, does he belong here any more than they do? Will his long-suffering wife recognise this ravaged warrior as her husband and take him back? Sung in English with English surtitles.

Cast/Performers

Roderick Williams (Ulysses), Christine Rice (Penelope), Samuel Boden (Telemachus), Catherine Carby (Minerva), Susan Bickley (Eurycleia), Francesca Chiejina (Melantho), Andrew Tortise (Eurymachus), Mark Milhofer (Eumaeus), Stuart Jackson (Irus), Nick Pritchard (Amphinomus), Tai Oney (Peisander), David Shipley (Antinous)

Creatives/Company

Author: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyrics: Giacomo Badoaro
Producer(s): Royal Opera House, The Roundhouse
Conductor: Christian Curnyn
Director: Johjn Fulljames
Design: Huemi Shin
Costume: Kimie Nakano
Lighting: Paule Constable
Translation: Christopher Cowell