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Oeuvre: Oedipus Rex

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CompositeurStravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
ÉpoqueDébut du 20ème siècle
LibrettisteJean Cocteau, based on Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Type d'œuvreOpéra / Oratorio
Événements à venirEn voir plus...

LlandudnoBluebeard’s Castle + Oedipus Rex

Welsh National Opera
Bartók, Stravinsky
Lidiya Yankovskaya; Joe Hill-Gibbins; Welsh National Opera; Milla Clarke; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Nathan Berg

SouthamptonBluebeard’s Castle + Oedipus Rex

Welsh National Opera
Bartók, Stravinsky
Lidiya Yankovskaya; Joe Hill-Gibbins; Welsh National Opera; Milla Clarke; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Nathan Berg

OxfordBluebeard’s Castle + Oedipus Rex

Welsh National Opera
Bartók, Stravinsky
Lidiya Yankovskaya; Joe Hill-Gibbins; Welsh National Opera; Milla Clarke; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Nathan Berg
Critiques récentesEn voir plus...

L’époustouflant Oedipus Rex de Peter Sellars

S’il fallait choisir parmi toutes les belles idées de mise en scène de ce très réussi Oedipus Rex, on s’accorderait sans doute sur celle-ci : la primauté incontestée de l’esthétique et des intentions de Stravinski.

Gothic and Greek: Welsh National Opera’s double bill opens in Cardiff

Christine Rice (Judith) and Nathan Berg (Bluebeard) © Dafydd Owen
Finding a partner for Bartók's creepy one-acter is a thorny problem, but Welsh National Opera pairs it with Stravinsky's ‘opera-oratorio’ for its season opener. 

Chilly brilliance from Salonen at the Salzburg Festival

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Vienna Philharmonic © SF | Marco Borrelli
The Vienna Philharmonic's first concert at this year's Salzburg Festival pairs Oedipus Rex with the Symphonie fantastique, with Esa-Pekka Salonen stepping in for Lorenzo Viotti. 
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“A look in the mirror”: Stravinsky and Neoclassicism

Igor Stravinsky in the 1920s © Public domain
“Pulcinella was my discovery of the past, the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible. It was a backward look of course – the first of many love-affairs in that direction – but it was a look in the mirror too.”