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A new family saga based on the operas by Claudio Monteverdi: L\u2019Orfeo<\/em>,\u202fIl ritorno d\u2019Ulisse in patria<\/em> and L\u2019incoronazione di Poppea<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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\u00ab\u202f\u00c0 la hauteur des d\u00e9bordements affectifs et des conflits qui traversent l\u2019intrigue, l\u2019ensemble\u202fCappella Mediterranea\u202fsur instruments d\u2019\u00e9poque, port\u00e9 par la direction tr\u00e8s enlev\u00e9e de\u202fLeonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n, instaure une dramaturgie musicale d\u2019une rare intensit\u00e9 avec une expressivit\u00e9 si caract\u00e9ristique de l\u2019esth\u00e9tique monteverdienne.\u202f\u00bb <\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u202fC\u00f4t\u00e9 fosse, on n\u2019est pas d\u00e9\u00e7u : Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n offre une lecture somptueuse de la musique de Monteverdi avec un effectif bien \u00e9toff\u00e9, un sens dramatique jamais pris en d\u00e9faut et une verve jubilatoire qu\u2019il communique \u00e0 ses musiciens, aux chanteurs et \u00e0 toute la salle.\u202f\u00bb <\/p>\n

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A brand new creation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) created a new genre aimed at restoring Greek tragedy: opera. One of his earliest favole in musica<\/em> follows the poet-singer Orpheus to the Underworld, where the gods, charmed by his music, allow him to fetch his beloved Eurydice. Although the young composer wrote L\u2019Orfeo<\/em> (1607) for the court of Mantua, with Il ritorno d\u2019Ulisse in patria<\/em> (1639-1640) the master, meanwhile showered with praise, created his first musical drama destined for a public stage, the Venice Opera. For years, Penelope scans the horizon, watching for the return of her husband Ulysses. When the King of Ithaca finally returns home, he finds his wife surrounded by invading suitors, whom he sets out to chase away incognito with the help of the gods. Monteverdi took a final step with L\u2019incoronazione di Poppea<\/em> (1642), in which Poppea, mistress of the Roman emperor Nero, manoeuvres to be crowned empress. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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At the end, when nothing else stands in their way, Nero and Poppea sing “Pur ti miro<\/em> \/ Pur ti godo<\/em>” [I look at you \/ I desire you]: this opposition between gaze and desire is the starting point for I Grotteschi<\/em>, a new diptych distilled from three of Monteverdi’s operas , un nouveau diptyque distill\u00e9 en puisant dans trois op\u00e9ras de Monteverdi. Over the course of two evenings, we discover a prosperous family business that cuts itself off from the outside world during a pandemic. While Orpheus mourns his Eurydice, Penelope patiently watches over her seriously ill husband Ulysses. Taking advantage of the situation, the young Nero and the ambitious Poppea hatch plans to take over the empire. Between loss and desire, the members of the family gradually sink into a suffocating power struggle. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Director Rafael R. Villalobos has reduced the original fifty or so roles to a handful of \u201cgrotesques\u201d, composite characters with allegorical names, who sometimes have two or more faces. This meticulously crafted new narrative demands a historically informed interpretation, and we can count on conductor Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n and his ensemble Cappella Mediterranea to deliver. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Programme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I Grotteschi <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partie I – Miro<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partie II – Godo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Based on the madrigals and the 3 surviving operas by Claudio Monteverdi: L’Orfeo<\/em>, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria<\/em> & L’Incoronazione di Poppea<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Musical Direction LEONARDO GARC\u00cdA-ALARC\u00d3NScript, direction & costumes RAFAEL R. VILLALOBOS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sets EMANUELE SINISILighting FELIPE RAMOS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortuna GIULIA SEMENZATOPrivilegio MATTHEW NEWLINVirt\u00f9 RAFFAELLA LUPINACCICostanza ST\u00c9PHANIE D\u2019OUSTRACCoraggio JEREMY OVENDENMelancolia MARK MILHOFERCarit\u00e0 ARIANNA VENDITTELLIGiudizio ANICIO ZORZI GIUSTINIANIImpazienza JESSICA NILESCapriccio FEDERICO FIORIOSapienza ANDREA MASTRONIEsperienza XAVIER SABATA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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