Session Details

Monday, 28 December

240. Opera and Antiquity

1:45–3:00 p.m., Washington B, Loews

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Classical Studies and Modern Literature

Presiding: Daniel Selden, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz

1. “‘O fortunato Ulisse!’: Homer, Vergil, and Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria,” Timothy Richard Wütrich, Case Western Reserve Univ.

2. “Sappho on the Boards: The Operas of Pacini and Gounod,” Cashman Kerr Prince, Wellesley Coll.

Respondent: Ralph Hexter, Hampshire Coll.

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