Garsington Opera: Monteverdi’s ‘Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria’

In summer 2026, The English Concert continues its residency at Garsington Opera on the Wormsley Estate.

TEC made their Garsington debut in 2019 with Monteverdi’s Vespers, and will once again perform work by the Italian: this time, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria.

Translating as ‘the return of Ulysses to his homeland’, this early opera was inspired by Homer’s Oddyssey and stages the confusion and chaos of Ulysses’ arrival back in Ithaca, ten years after the Trojan War.

John Caird will direct the opera, and Laurence Cummings returns as music director, marking a reunion of the creative team for Garsington Opera’s acclaimed Orfeo in 2022.