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Ulisse

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Luigi Dallapiccola's opera, written in 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. Sung in Italian.
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis Rpt

Contributors

Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Ulysses:
Alan Opie (baritone)
Calypso:
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Penelope:
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Nausicaa:
Christine Whittlesey (soprano)
Circe:
Sarah Walker (mezzo)
Melantho:
Sarah Walker (mezzo)
King Alcinous:
Norman Bailey (bar)
Anticlea:
Elizabeth Laurence (mezzo)
Demodokos:
Justin Lavender (tenor)
Tiresias:
Justin Lavender (tenor)
Eumaeus:
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
Antinoos:
Nicholas Folwell (bar)
Eurymachos:
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 (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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