As every year in autumn, Ravenna Festival presents the AUTUMN TRILOGY, from 15th to 19th November at the Dante Alighieri theatre.
This year’s edition is called Eroi erranti in cerca di pace and takes the public to the roots of bel canto and the origins of opera, immersing them in the sounds and atmospheres of 17th-century Baroque.
Night after night, the Dante Alighieri Theatre will host Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria and Didone e Enea nel giorno di Santa Cecilia, a dyptich representing the two sides of the Trojan war – and a recital dedicated to the timeless expressive power of a repertoire spanning the centuries: Polish counter tenor Jakub Józef Orliński, one of the undisputed protagonists of today’s vocal scene, accompanied by ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro.
IL RITORNO DI ULISSE IN PATRIA
When: Friday 15th and Monday 18th November
Time: 8 pm
Dramma per musica
libretto by Giacomo Badoaro
music by Claudio Monteverdi
Accademia Bizantina
Conductor Ottavio Dantone
In Monteverdi’s work inspired by Ulysses’ return to Ithaca the action and text give rhythm to the score and take passion and substance from it. A story where betrayal and deception are overcome by loyalty and love, and where the public also shares the joys and sorrows of the protagonists.
DIDONE E ENEA NEL GIORNO DI SANTA CECILIA
When: Saturday 16th and Tuesday 19th November
Time: 8 pm
music by Henry Purcell
from Hail! Bright Cecilia Z 328
text by Nicholas Brady
and from Dido and Aeneas Z 626
text by Nahum Tate
Accademia Bizantina
conductor Ottavio Dantone
Coro della Cattedrale di Siena Guido Chigi Saracini
chorus master Lorenzo Donati
Charlotte Bowden soprano
Delphine Galou, Candida Guida contralto
Žiga Čopi tenor
Gianluca Margheri, Federico Sacchi bass
Composed in 1689 by Purcell for the young ladies of a Chelsea boarding school, the opera is inspired by the adventures of Aeneas in Carthage, guest of Queen Dido. For centuries it was the only true and unparalleled English opera, enrapturing the public with almost folk-like freshness of its melodies immersed in a harmonic fabric.
JAKUB JÓSEF ORLIŃSKI – BEYOND
When: Sunday 17th November
Time: 3.30 pm
Jakub Józef Orliński
Il Pomo d’Oro
Alfia Bakieva first violin
Jonathan Ponet second violino
Giulio d’Alessio viola and conductor
Ludovico Minasi cello
Rodney Prada viola da gamba
Miguel Rincon tiorba
Jonathan Alvarez double bass
Pietro Modesti ear trumpet
Alberto Gaspardo harpsicord and organ
music by Claudio Monteverdi, Biagio Marini, Giulio Caccini, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Barbara Strozzi, Francesco Cavalli, Carlo Pallavicino, Giovanni Cesare Netti, Antonio Sartorio, Adam Jarzebski, Sebastiano Moratelli
The opera dyptich is completed by one of the undisputed protagonists on today’s vocal scene, almost a symbol of renewal and at the same time of the timeless expressive and communicative power of a repertoire spanning the centuries. Orlinski, Polish counter tenor in his thirties, has captivated the public with his celestial voice, reviving the fascination of the singers of the past and combining it with the dynamic physicality of breakdancing: an irresistible mix.
