Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex

0 | 1993-01-01 | Music

Impressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the poet for an adaptation of Oedipus Rex. The resulting libretto brings together the key scenes of Sophocles’s tragedy translated by the Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin—a language that, according the composer, “is not dead but engraved in stone, and so imposing that it is immune to any popularization”.

Featured Crew

Julie Taymor Director
Julie Taymor Stage Director
George Tsypin Set Designer
Emi Wada Costume Designer
Jean Kalman Lighting Design
Bobby Bukowski Director of Photography
Reiko Kruk Makeup Artist
Suzushi Hanayagi Choreographer
Jean Cocteau Writer

Cast

Harry Peeters
Harry Peeters
Tiresias
Min Tanaka
Min Tanaka
Dancer (Oedipus)

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