Odisseo (2008)
Opera in a prologue, three tableaux, and epilogue
Libretto by Riccardo Riccardi freely drawn from Homer’s Odyssey
Characters:
Odisseo, bass-baritone; Calipso, mezzo-soprano; Nausicaa, soprano;
First coryphea/First handmaid, soprano; Second coryphea, soprano; Third
coryphea, contralto; Chorus/Chorus of the handmaids, sopranos and
contraltos
Or
Odisseo, bass-baritone; Calipso, mezzo-soprano;
Nausicaa, soprano; First coryphea/First handmaid, soprano; Second
coryphea/Second handmaid, soprano; Third coryphea/Third handmaid,
contralto; Fourth coryphea/Fourth handmaid, soprano; Fifth
coryphea/Fifth handmaid mezzo-soprano or contralto
Orchestra: Fl, Ob/Eng-Hn, Cl/Bs-Cl, Bsn, Hn, Perc, El-Guit, Hpschd/Keyboard, Strings (3.3.2.2.1. minimum)
Duration: ca. 1h 15m