Pénélope
Role Voice type Premiere cast , 4 March 1913 Conductor : Léon Jehin
Pénélope ( Penelope ) soprano Lucienne Bréval
Ulysse ( Ulysses ) tenor Charles Rousselière
Eumée ( Eumaeus ) baritone Jean Bourbon
Euryclée ( Euryclea ) mezzo-soprano Alice Raveau
Antinoüs tenor Charles Delmas
Alkandre mezzo-soprano Criticos
Mélantho soprano Cécile Malraison
Phylo mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Gilson
Ctésippe tenor Robert Couzinou
Pisandre tenor Bindo Gasparini
Eurymache baritone André Allard
Cléone mezzo-soprano Durand-Servière
Leodès tenor Sorret
Lydie soprano Florentz
Une suivante ( a follower ) soprano Nelly Courcelle
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Pénélope is an opera in three acts by the French composer Gabriel Fauré. The libretto, by René Fauchois is based on Homer's Odyssey. It was first performed at the Salle Garnier, Monte Carlo on 4 March 1913. The piece is dedicated to Camille Saint-Saëns.