Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

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Baroque opera opera

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria is a 1640–41 opera in three acts by Claudio Monteverdi that dramatizes the homecoming of Ulysses from the Odyssey and is considered one of the earliest masterpieces of Baroque opera.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria canonical 2
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland 1
homecoming of Ulysses 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
associatedWith Venetian public opera ⓘ
basedOn Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey
catalogueStatus partially lost and reconstructed ⓘ
composer Claudio Monteverdi ⓘ
compositionEndDate 1641 ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1640 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
dramaticTheme constancy in love ⓘ
recognition and disguise ⓘ
revenge against the suitors ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
genre Baroque music ⓘ
opera ⓘ
hasCharacterType gods ⓘ
mortals ⓘ
the suitors of Penelope ⓘ
surface form: suitors of Penelope
historicalPeriod early Baroque ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Giacomo Badoaro ⓘ
mainCharacter Irus ⓘ
Minerva ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ
Penelope ⓘ
Telemachus ⓘ
Ulysses ⓘ
musicalForm through-composed with recitative and arioso ⓘ
notableFeature one of the earliest masterpieces of Baroque opera ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Italian ⓘ
performancePractice historically informed performance ⓘ
periodOfSetting mythological era ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Venice ⓘ
premiereDate 1640 ⓘ
premiereTheatre Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo ⓘ
relatedWork L'Orfeo ⓘ
L'incoronazione di Poppea ⓘ
setting Ithaca ⓘ
structure prologue and three acts ⓘ
style declamatory recitative ⓘ
dramatic realism ⓘ
expressive arioso ⓘ
subjectMatter divine intervention in human affairs ⓘ
fidelity of Penelope ⓘ
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: homecoming of Ulysses
survivingSources Vienna manuscript ⓘ
titleTranslation Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claudio Monteverdi → notableWork → Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria ⓘ
L'incoronazione di Poppea → relatedWorkByComposer → Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria ⓘ
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria → titleTranslation → Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria → subjectMatter → Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: homecoming of Ulysses