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Oedipus Rex: an immersive night at the museum at the Edinburgh International Festival

Roland Wood (Creon) and Kitty Whately (Jocasta)
© Jess Shurte
Kitty Whately (Jocasta) and Roland Wood (Creon)
© Jess Shurte
Shengzhi Ren (Oedipus)
© Jess Shurte
Shengzhi Ren (Oediipus)
© Jess Shurte
Wendy Seager (The Speaker)
© Jess Shurte
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“interacting with the crowd and singing as if their lives depended on it”
Reviewed at National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh on 12 August 2024
Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex
Scottish Opera
Stuart Stratford, Conductor
Roxana Haines, Director
Robert B. Dickson, Lighting Designer
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Scottish Opera Chorus
Shengzhi Ren, Oedipus
Kitty Whately, Jocasta
Roland Wood, Creon
Callum Thorpe, Tiresias
Emyr Wyn Jones, Messenger
Seumas Begg, Shepherd
Alex McCabe, Choreography
Anna Orton, Designer
Wendy Seager, Actor
East meets West in Dai Fujikura’s The Great Wave at Scottish Opera
***11
Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival
****1
Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill
****1
Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia
****1
The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time
****1
Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning
****1
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