Oedipus Rex Igor Stravinsky | Premiered May 30, 1927 (Oratorio) & 1928 (Stage Production) - Paris. Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt (1927). Vienna (1928) Composer: Igor Stravinsky Original Language: Latin Librettist: Jean Cocteau Description: Opera-Oratorio in II Acts Notes: Text after Sophocles, translated into Latin by J. Danielou Time: Antiquity Place: Thebes Role Voice Part Classification Oedipus Rex Tenor L Jocaste Contralto L Creon Bass-Baritone F Narrator Speaking Part F Tiresias Bass F Shepherd Tenor S Messenger Bass-Baritone S Creon/Messenger Bass-Baritone F Minimum Chorus: 32 Divisi: TB Document rendered on April 24th, 2024 at 03:56:01 EDT
