Complex sentence: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria ("The Return of Ulysses to His Country") is an opera in a prolgue and three acts by Claudio Monteverdi to an Italian libretto by Giacomo Badoaro, based on the final portion of Homer's Odyssey.
Split into simpler sentences: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria ("The Return of Ulysses to His Country") is an opera by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. The libretto, by Giacomo Badoaro, is based on the final portion of Homer's Odyssey.