The Golden Apple

The Golden Apple is a musical opera classic that resets Homer’s epic Trojan War poems The Iliad and The Odyssey in turn-of-the-century Washington state. Fancy-free young Helen is seduced away by Paris, a traveling salesman. Penelope’s husband Ulysses, a Spanish-American war veteran, sets off to bring Helen back and the adventure begins. The book and lyrics are written by John Latouche, and the music is by Jerome Moross.