''Ulysse'' or ''Ulysse et Pénélope'' (''Ulysses'' or ''Ulysses and Penelope'') is an opera by the French composer

Jean-Féry Rebel Jean-Féry Rebel (18 April 1666 – 2 January 1747) was an innovative French Baroque composer and violinist. Biography Rebel, a child violin prodigy, was the most famous offspring of Jean Rebel, a tenor in Louis XIV's private chapel. He late ...

, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the

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) on 21 January 1703. It takes the form of a ''

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'' in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by Guichard.

Recording

*''Ulysse''. Les Solistes du Marais:

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, Circé, Stéphanie Révidat, Pénélope, Bertrand Chuberre, Ulysse,

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, Urilas, Howard Crook, Orphée, Euriloque, Céline Ricci, Eugénie Warnier, Vincent Lièvre-Picard, Thomas van Essen, Le Chœur du Marais,

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, conducted by

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. Recorded 9-10 July 2007. aint-Sulpice-le-Verdon, Vendée Conseil Général de la Vendée, Ⓟ 2007. Musiques à la Chabotterie 605003

Sources

Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881
p.682. Compositions by Jean-Féry Rebel French-language operas Tragédies en musique Operas 1703 operas Operas based on the Odyssey Works based on Les Aventures de Télémaque {{french-opera-stub