- Writer:
- Edward Sackville-West
- Composer:
- Benjamin Britten
- Musicians:
- BBC Opera Orchestra
- Leader:
- John Sharpe
- Conductor:
- Clarence Rabould
- Production:
- Raymond Raikes
- Phemius the Poet:
- Leon Quartermaine
- The Goddess Athene:
- Catherine Salkeld
- Mentor, watchman of Odysseus' house:
- Harcourt Williams
- Eurymachus, a suitor for the hand of Penelope:
- John Glen
- Halitherses, a fisherman:
- Julian Somers
- His wife:
- Ella Milne
- Machaon, his son:
- Roger Delgado
- Callidice, his daughter:
- Jane Wenham
- Irus a sinister clown:
- Leslie French
- Leodes, a priest:
- Noel Iliff
- Penelope, wife of Odysseus:
- Rachel Gurney
- Eurynome, her servant:
- Margaret Lang
- Telemachus, her son:
- David Peel
- Euryclea, a nurse:
- Vivienne Chatterton
- Coxswain:
- Douglas Muir
- First sailor:
- David Kossoff
- Second sailor:
- Harry Hutchinson
- Third sailor:
- Eric Anderson
- Odysseus:
- James McKechnie
- Eumaeus, a swineherd:
- Richard George
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Antinous:
- Richard Williams
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Peisander:
- Andrew Faulds
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Agelaus:
- Martin Lewis
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Amphinomus:
- Richard Hurndall
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Leocritus:
- Wyndham Milligan
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Ctesippus:
- Howieson Culff
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Eurydamas:
- Heron Carvic
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Noemon:
- Bryan Powley
- Medon a herald:
- Charles Maunsell
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Melanthius:
- Preston Lockwood
- Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Alastor:
- Donald Eccles
- Singer - Athene:
- Jennifer Vyvyan
- Singer - Hermes:
- Rene Soames
- Singer - Apollo:
- Frederick Sharp
- Singer - Artemis:
- Jean Austin-Dobson
- Mourner and naiad:
- Joan England
- Mourner and naiad:
- Marion Gervaise
- Mourner and naiad:
- Ethel Giles
- Mourner and naiad:
- Eileen McLoughlin
