The Odyssey
Other operas based on Homer's Odyssey:
Odysseus Heimkehr (Odysseus' Return) - August Bungert
Odysseus Tod (Odysseus' Death) - August Bungert
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland) - Claudio Monteverdi
Ulisse - Luigi Dallapiccola
Information about the opera Ulisse by Luigi Dallapiccola, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
Inspired by the novel by James Joyce.
Recommended recordings on CD
Bour/Desderi/Cornell (Naïve Radio France V4960)
An excellent performance of Dallapiccola's demanding last work.
French Radio Chorus, French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Bour, 1975.
Cast: Claudio Desderi (Ulisse), Gwynn Cornell (Circe/Melanto), William Workman (Antinoo), Denise Boitard (Nausicaa).
Naïve Radio France V4960