Product Review

In his penultimate opera, based on text adapted from Homer's Odyssey, Monteverdi ventures further than ever before into the depths of human emotion. In this dramma in musica human frailty falls victim to time, fortune and love. Gods and humans, comic and intensely serious characters and spectacular scenic effects are brought together in a wonderfully rich and effective texture. Pierre Audi's highly stylised and timeless production is captured here in a live recording from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam in 1998.

Sung in Italian with English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch subtitles.

L Humana fragilità: Brian Asawa
Tempo: Jaco Huijpen
Fortuna: Monica Bacelli
Amore: Machteld Baumans
Ulisse: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Penelope: Graciela Araya
Telemaco: Toby Spence
Antinoo: Jaco Huijpen
Pisandro: Christopher Gillett
Anfinomo: Brian Asawa
Eurimaco: Mark Tucker
Iro: Alexander Oliver
Melanto: Monica Bacelli
Eumete: Adrian Thompson
Minerva: Diana Montague

Baroque Ensemble
Musical director Glen Wilson
Stage director Pierre Audi