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The Trojan War

on BBC Radio 3

The Return of Ulysses A series of operas connected with the ten-year siege of Troy continues with Monteverdi's three-act opera in the performing edition by Paul Daniel.
English version by Anne Ridler. Live from the London Coliseum.
..(
English National Opera Orchestra/Nicholas Kok Act
8.00 The Ulysses Voyage Tim Severin recounts some of the extraordinary episodes from his journey in Ulysses' wake in a replica Bronze Age galley. Parti.
8.20 Act 2
9.20 The Ulysses Voyage Part 2
9.40 Act 3
(Given in association with The Mercers' Company)
• MUSIC AND ARTS: page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Daniel.
Unknown:
Anne Ridler.
Unknown:
Nicholas Kok
Unknown:
Tim Severin
Ulysses:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson Tenor)
Penelope:
Jean Rigby (mezzo)
Minerva:
Christine Botes (sop)
Love:
Christine Botes (sop)
Telemachus:
Paul Nilon (counter-Tenor)
Jove:
Huw Priday (tenor)
Neptune:
Andrew Greenan (bass)
Eumaeus:
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
Irus:
Adrian Thompson (tenor)
Ericlea:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)
Human Frailty:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Melanto:
Ethna Robinson (mezzo)
Juno:
Ethna Robinson (mezzo)
Fortune:
Ethna Robinson (mezzo)
Eurymachus:
Mark Tucker (tenor)
Amphinomus:
Michael Chance (counter Tenor)
Peisander:
Hugh Hetherington (tenor)
Antinous:
John Hall (bass)
Time:
John Hall (bass)

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