Oedipus Rex
Intro
Oedipus Rex
Igor Stravinsky
12/05/2000 in Antwerp - 19/05/2000 in Ghent
- Musical direction: Marc Albrecht
- Director: Guy Joosten
- Oedipus: Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Bruce Rankin
- Jocasta: Yvonne Naef / Livia Budai
- Creon: Knut Skram
- Tiresias: Jaco Huijpen
Around 1920, Stravinsky, like Darius Milhaud and Arthur Honegger,
became fascinated by a new interpretation of ancient narrative material.
Sophocles’ tragedy about human pride and disbelief was transformed into
a scenic ritual of monumental proportions. This is further reinforced
through the use of a dead language, Latin, as well as numerous
references to contemporary music ranging from Händel to Verdi.
Stravinsky’s opera oratorium reduces the story to its essence, and
underlines in particular the allegorical element in Oedipus’ search for
truth.
In Joosten’s staging this ‘drama of purification’ becomes a protest against aggression.
Practical
Surtitles: Dutch.
Team
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Musical direction
Marc Albrecht
- Director
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Set design
Benoît Dugardyn
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Costumes
Jorge Jara
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Lightning
Wolfgang Göbbel
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Chorus master
Peter Burian
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Oedipus
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Bruce Rankin
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Jocasta
Yvonne Naef
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Creon
Knut Skram
- Tiresias
- Boodschapper
- De herder
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Verteller
Vic De Wachter
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Christian Baggen
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