Season 2019/2020

Oedipus Rex

Music Igor’ Stravinskij

Opera-oratorio in Two Acts
libretto by Jean Cocteau, Latin translation by Jean Danielou, based on Sophocles tragedy

First performed, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris, May 30, 1927

Length: about 52 minutes

Daniele Gatti

CAST

OEDIPUS Brenden Gunnell

JOCASTA Violeta Urmana

CRÉON Michele Pertusi

TIRÉSIAS Andrea Mastroni

THE NARRATOR Massimo Popolizio

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra and Chorus