4/5. When the first public opera house opened in Venice in 1637 the demand for musical entertainment soared. Monteverdi wrote several new stage works that were hugely successful.
Donald Macleod introduces the first - the story of Ulysses and his return home after the Trojan War. Come Dolce OggilAuretta Spira (Proserpina Rapita) Emma Kirkby , Judith Nelson and Poppy Holden (sopranos), Jakob Lindberg and Anthony Rooley (chitarrones)
11 Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (excerpts) Christina Hogman (soprano: Telemachus), Bernarda Fink (mezzo: Penelope), Christoph Pregardien (tenor: Ulysses), Martyn Hill (tenor: Eumaeus), Concerto Vocale, director Rene Jacobs Repeated at 8.45pm