Between Shores
A Contemporary Rock Opera Inspired by The Odyssey
What if every monster believed they were the hero of the story?
After ten years of war, Odysseus begins his long journey home. But the sea holds more than storms, gods, and monsters. Every encounter reveals another perspective, another truth, another story waiting to be heard.
The Cyclops remembers what was taken from him. The Sirens have their own reasons for singing. Circe understands the dangers ahead. Calypso offers a life without endings. And in Ithaca, Penelope has a story of her own.
Through original music and visual storytelling, Between Shores reimagines Homer’s epic as a journey through memory, temptation, loss, and the meaning of home.
Every character has a story. Even the monsters.
The Complete Rock Opera
A continuous musical journey in 22 songs. For the first listening, begin at the beginning and let the story unfold.
BETWEEN SHORES - MUSIC VIDEOS
I KEPT THE HOUSE
PENELOPE
THE SIRENS
THE CALL
CIRCE
THE COUNSEL
NOTHING HURTS HERE
THE LOTUS EATERS
SYNOPSIS
After ten years of war at Troy, Odysseus turns west toward Ithaca. He knows how to fight, command, and survive; he no longer knows how a man comes home. Each encounter on the voyage challenges the heroic account he has made of himself. Polyphemus remembers not a monster’s defeat but the violation of his home, and Poseidon answers as a father. The Sirens ask to be heard rather than feared. Circe warns Odysseus that courage cannot solve every danger. At Scylla’s passage, he conceals the price from his crew; the ship survives, and six men pay. The Lotus Eaters offer peace through forgetting, while Calypso offers rest, affection, time, and immortality. Odysseus ultimately chooses the mortal shore. In Ithaca, Penelope has not waited passively: she keeps the house, protects the kingdom, and preserves the possibility of return. He reaches shore without army or victory, only as a mortal man going home.Â
The Odyssey
Myth, Memory, and the Wine-Dark Sea
The Odyssey reimagined through celestial cartography, illuminated ornament, and mythic atmosphere. This collection approaches its characters and encounters as symbolic forces: wisdom, temptation, longing, survival, transformation, memory, and return.
The Odyssey explores the tension between wandering and belonging, knowledge and danger, forgetting and remembrance. It is ultimately a meditation on endurance across distance, time, and the unknowable forces that shape the journey home.
Perspectives
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The Odyssey and the Art of Returning Home
I attempted to read The Odyssey several times over the years. Each attempt ended the same way. I would make it a hundred or two hundred pages before the book slipped from my hands...
The Odyssey and the Art of Returning Home
I attempted to read The Odyssey several times over the years. Each attempt ended the same way. I would make it a hundred or two hundred pages before the book slipped from my hands...
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Who Owns The Odyssey?
Every generation discovers a different Odyssey. That may be the secret of why Homer’s poem has remained alive for nearly three thousand years. It refuses to become a museum piece. It sails into every...
Who Owns The Odyssey?
Every generation discovers a different Odyssey. That may be the secret of why Homer’s poem has remained alive for nearly three thousand years. It refuses to become a museum piece. It sails into every...
