is an opera in a prologue and two acts composed by Luigi Dallapiccola to his own libretto based on the legend of Ulysses. It premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (in German translation by Karl-Heinrich Kreith as Odysseus) on 29 September 1968 conducted by Lorin Maazel with Erik Saedén in the title role. Ulisse was Dallapiccola's only full-length last opera and took eight years to compose. As in his previous one-act operas, Volo di notte and Il prigioniero, his declared theme was "the struggle of man against some force much stronger than he".Warrack, John and West, Ewan, "Dallapiccola, Luigi", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 1996.
Roles Ulisse – baritone (Erik Saedén) Calypso / Penelope – soprano (Annabelle Bernard)Shirley, Wayne, "Luigi Dallapiccola's Sketch for Ulisse", The Moldenhauer Archives, Library of Congress Nausicaa – soprano (Catherine Gayer) Re Alcinoo – bass (Victor von Halem) Demodoco – tenor (Helmuth Melchert) Circe – mezzo-soprano (Jean Madeira) La madre di Anticlea (mother of Anticlea) – soprano (Hildegard Hillebrecht) Tiresia – tenor (Helmuth Melchert) Pisandro (a suitor) – baritone (José van Dam) Antinoo – baritone (Ernst Krukowski) Eurimaco – tenor (Karl Ernst Mercker) Melanto – mezzo-soprano (Jean Madeira) Eumeo – tenor (Loren Driscoll) Telemaco – contralto (Barbara Scherler) Ancella 1 (handmaid 1) – soprano (Gitta Mikes) Ancella 2 (handmaid 2) – contralto (Helga Wisniewaska)
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External links "Libretto", flaminioonline.it "CD booklet", Stradivarius STR 10063 (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lorin Maazel, 1968), Naxos Music Library , Orchestre philharmonique et chœr de Radio France, Ernest Bour, 6 May 1975;