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Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line offers powerful performances

Guiseppe Ventura and Paul Appleby in Wayne McGregor's Jocasta's Line/Oedipus Rex
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Norwegian National Opera Chorus and Paul Appleby in Wayne McGregor's Jocasta's Line/Oedipus Rex
© Erik Berg
Norwegian National Ballet in Wayne McGregor's Jocasta's Line/Oedipus Rex
© Erik Berg
Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken in Wayne McGregor's Jocasta's Line/Antigone
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Alex Cuadros Joglar and Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken in Wayne McGregor's Jocasta's Line/Antigone
© Erik Berg
Anaïs Touret in Wayne McGregor's Jocasta's Line/Antigone
© Erik Berg
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“kettled in a pack in blood red light, demanding rescue from the virulent plague”
Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 13 September 2025
Jocasta's Line (Wayne McGregor)
Norwegian National Ballet
Koen Kessels, Conductor
Wayne McGregor, Director
Vicki Mortimer, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lucy Carter, Lighting Designer
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Akhila Krishnan, Video
Norwegian National Opera
Norwegian National Opera Chorus
Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken, Dancer
Anaïs Touret, Dancer
Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, Tenor
Ricardo Castellanos, Dancer
Melissa Hough, Dancer
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