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Ulisse (opera)

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This article is about the 1968 Italian opera. For the 1703 French opera, see Ulysse (opera).

Ulisse
Opera by Luigi Dallapiccola
LibrettistDallapiccola
LanguageItalian
Based onUlysses
Premiere
September 29, 1968 (1968-09-29) (in German)
Deutsche Oper Berlin

Ulisse [uˈlisse] 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.[1] 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".[2]

Roles

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References

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  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Ulisse, 29 September 1968". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ^ Warrack, John and West, Ewan, "Dallapiccola, Luigi", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 1996.
  3. ^ Shirley, Wayne, "Luigi Dallapiccola's Sketch for Ulisse", The Moldenhauer Archives, Library of Congress

Further reading

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  • v.b. (2007). "Ulisse". In Gelli, Piero; Poletti, Filippo (eds.). Dizionario dell'Opera (in Italian). Baldini Castoldi Dalai. ISBN 88-6073-184-4. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
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