FULL OEDIPUS REX (Stravinsky) Berlin 2016 Gardiner, Andrew Staples, Jennifer Johnston, Bruno Ganz
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Oedipus Rex
- Composer: Stravinsky Igor
- Libretto: Jean Cocteau, Igor Stravinsky based on Sophokles
- Venue & Opera Company: Philharmonie Berlin, Germany
- Recorded: June 4, 2016
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Andrew Staples, Jennifer Johnston, Ashley Riches, Gianluca Buratto, Alex Ashworth, Gareth Tresede, Bruno Ganz
- Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
- Chorus: Men of the Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Chorus Master: Gijs Leenaars
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Digital Concert Hall
- Date Published: 2016
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: Digital Concert Hall FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Oedipus rex is an opera-oratorio by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus. The libretto, based on Sophocles’s tragedy, was written by Jean Cocteau in French and then translated by Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin; the narration, however, is performed in the language of the audience.
Oedipus rex was written towards the beginning of Stravinsky’s neoclassical period, and is considered one of the finest works from this phase of the composer’s career. He had considered setting the work in Ancient Greek, but decided ultimately on Latin: in his words “a medium not dead but turned to stone.”
PROGRAM
Igor Stravinsky
34 min.
Apollon musagète, ballet in two tableaux (revised 1947 version)
Igor Stravinsky
59 min.
Oedipus Rex, Opera-Oratorio for speaker, soloists, male chorus and orchestra
Andrew Staples Tenor (Oedipus)
Jennifer Johnston Mezzo-Soprano (Iokaste)
Ashley RichesBass Baritone (Kreon)
Gianluca Buratto Bass (Tiresias)
Alex Ashworth Baritone (Messenger)
Gareth Treseder Tenor (Shepherd)
Bruno Ganz Speaker
Men of the Rundfunkchor Berlin(Priests, Guards, Folk)
Gijs Leenaars Chorus Master