Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 – 25 December 1977 in Zürich.
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Cast
14 people
Philippe Huttenlocher
Orfeo
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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Dietlinde Turban
Euridice
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Mussolini and I
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Rachel Yakar
Euridice (singing voice)
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L'Incoronazione di Poppea
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Trudeliese Schmidt
La Musica / Speranza
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Eine Nacht in Venedig
Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Roland Hermann
Apollo
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Glenys Linos
Messaggera / Proserpina
Werner Gröschel
Plutone
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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
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Hans Franzen
Caronte
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A Day at the Beach
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Suzanne Calabro
Ninfa
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L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Peter Keller
Pastor 1
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Berg: Lulu
Die Zauberflöte
Francisco Araiza
Pastor 2 / Spirito 1
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
La Cenerentola
Rudolf Hartmann
Pastor 3 / Spirito 2
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Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Director · Alessandro Striggio Writer Claudio Monteverdi Composer
First release December 1, 1978 · Produced in Germany
Production
Unitel
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Germany · December 1, 1978
Physical · VHS
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
January 16, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
October 13, 1999 · Physical
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