Ulysses returns to Ithaca after the Trojan War and his odyssey. Ulysses and his wife Penelope have not seen each other for twenty years. They have become strangers in these uncertain times. As if that weren't enough, the sorceress Circe and the suitor Urilas try to break up the long-suffering couple for good with the help of evil spirits... Will Ulysses and Penelope manage to find their love for each other again?
During his lifetime, the composer Reinhard Keiser was a bright star in the German baroque opera firmament and worked mainly in Hamburg at the Oper am Gänsemarkt. His homage opera "Ulysses" was commissioned by the Danish crown and premiered in Copenhagen in 1722. The work, which survived only as a fragment, was completed by Clemens Flick and returns to the opera stage after three hundred years in Nicola Raab's production. What a rediscovery!
Dates Biel
Premiere April 12, 2024
Further performances: April 14, 17 and 30, May 17, 26 and 28, 2024
Dates Solothurn
Premiere March 22, 2024
Further performances: March 23, April 25 and May 22, 2024
