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Ulisse

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Luigi Dallapiccola's opera (1968) is derived from Dante's version of Homer's poem, presenting Ulysses as a man in search of himself, a man of our times - a time of doubt and perennial enquiry.
Clive Bennett presents a new BBC studio recording. Sung in Italian.
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Andrew Davis Producer Clive Bennett

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Bennett
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Producer:
Clive Bennett
Ulysses:
Alan Opie (baritone)
Calypso /Penelope:
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Nausicaa:
Christine Whittlesey (soprano)
King Alcinous:
Norman Bailey (baritone)
Circe/Melantho:
Sarah Walker (mezzo)
Anticlea:
Elizabeth Laurence (mezzo)
Demodokos/Tiresias:
Justin Lavender (tenor)
Eumaeus:
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
Antinous:
Nicholas Folwell (bar)
Eurymachus:
Iain Paton (tenor)
Peisander:
Stephen Gadd (bass)
Telemachus:
Timothy Wilson (countertenor)
First Maid:
Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo)
Second Maid:
Valerie Nunns (soprano)
Lotus-eater:
Helen Miles (sop)
Source: Radio Times

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