FULL THE ODYSSEY (Tom Smail) An Evening with the Creators of a New Opera Documentary Athens 2026

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Oddyssey  
• Composer: Smail Tom  
• Libretto: based on the acclaimed translation of Homer's epic by Emily Wilson  
• Venue & Opera Company: Cotsen Hall, Athens, Greece  
• Recorded: February 26, 2026
• Type: Other
• Singers: unknown
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: ascsathens  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  About the event:

  The Odyssey: based on the acclaimed translation by Emily Wilson, music by Tom Smail and direction and design by Isabella Bywater.

  The evening will consist of music and discussion:

  A fifteen minute scaled-down “taster” of the opera, with six musicians and four singers;

  And a panel discussion – Homer, The Odyssey, the new opera, the role of classics and opera in our time – moderated by classicist and poet, Alicia Stallings, featuring the composer, the translator, and the director/designer.

  Tom Smail is a composer of contemporary classical music in all its forms: chamber, orchestral, vocal, choral and opera. His most recent opera, Blue Electric, played to sold-out houses and critical acclaim in London in 2020. In autumn 2024 he had two major concerts in Athens: the first as part of of celebration of Philhellenism at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and the second, featuring two world premieres, at the Benaki Museum’s Pireos 138. November 2024 saw the premiere of his second String Quartet, with the Carducci, at Hellens in Herefordshire. “One of the most fascinating and lyrical composers of his generation” wrote the Sunday Times. “Stylish, confident, complete” wrote the Telegraph. “Tom Smail is an extraordinarily gifted composer,” said English Touring Opera, who have toured two of Smail’s works. His music has been performed at numerous leading venues including The Barbican, The South Bank Centre, The Royal Court Theatre, BAM (New York), as well as festivals in the UK and Europe. His most recent film score was for Jonathan Nossiter’s “Last words,” which was selected at Cannes in 2020.

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