Musicals & Operas Based on James Joyce’s Works

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Title	Music	Libretto	Premiere	Genre	Call Number	Based on
Old Ghosts	Rigaki, Evangelia	Carr, Marina	2023	Opera	—	Ulysses
Nighttown	Wenzelberg, Benjamin P.	Wenzelberg, Benjamin P.	2022	Opera	—	Ulysses
The Dead	Cranitch, Ellen	Swift, Tom	2021	Opera	—	Dubliners: “The Dead”
Dubliners: Two One-Act Operas	Synott, Andrew	Rioardan, Arthur	2016	Opera	—	Dubliners: “Counterparts” & “The Boarding House”
The Dead	Davey, Shaun	Davey, Shaun & Richard Nelson	1999	Musical	—	Dubliners: “The Dead”
Stephen Climax	Zehnder, Hans	Zehnder, Hans	1986	Opera	—	Ulysses (and a text by Hugo Ball)