Monteverdi, Claudio: Il Ritorno d'Ulysse in Patria

Il Ritorno d'Ulysse in Patria by Claudio Monteverdi
Cast: Frederica von Stade, Richard Stilwell, Patrick Power, Nucci COndo, Richard Lewis, Patricia Parker, Max-Rene Cosotti, Ann Murray, Roger Bryson, Keith Lewis, Claire Powell, Diana Montague, Ugo Trama, Lynda Russell, Kate Flowers, John Fryatt, Bernard Dickerson & Alexander Oliver with the Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard.
Libretto by Giacomo Badoardo
Label: CBS Masterworks
Catalogue number: 79332
Country of Issue:  UK
Date: 1980
First recording of the realisation by Raymnd Leppard
Stereo
Format: LP Boxed Set (3 discs plus booklet)
Label design: Masterworks middle style,  beige with gold titling and black print
Discs: Near Mint, unmarked
Outer box: Near Mint, only a slight scuff on bottom edge
Inner sleeves: original, polylined, as new
Booklet: full size 52pp, perfect

This item appears as new throughout except as mentioned above. Acquired by us in 2007 as part of a large collection but never played since.

The opera was composed in 1641 and premiered at the San Cassiano theatre in Venice. Only a single manuscript survives which is primarily a vocal line and bass, with no prescribed instrumentation, and some musical scenes missing. This full performing edition was realised by Raymond Leppard and this was its first recording.