399th verse, same as the 1st

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I don't have time to fall back in love with Monteverdi right now, but golly, what I've seen of the 2017 Venice production so far of Il ritorno di Ulisse is fantastic (and on a completely irrelevant note, I would cast Lucile Richardot as Harriet Vane in a heartbeat were it up to looks and voice alone): https://youtu.be/Sstr12-IrjE

(My birthday present to myself this year was the Bahrenreiter edition of the opera. Relatedly, Rob at Yesterday Service Sheet Music in Somerville, MA, is a sweetheart, and y'all should consider ordering from him if you need your own copy of a classical something or other.)