Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Oedipus rex (1926 -1927)

opera-oratorio


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1926 - 1927
      Revision dates: 1948
    • Duration: 53 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author):

      de Jean Cocteau d'après Sophocles (traduction du latin par J. Daniélou)

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 1 narrator, 1 solo mezzo-soprano, 2 solo tenors, 1 solo baritone, 3 solo bass voices [ou 2]
  • 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet), 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 2 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 cymbalom, 1 piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 30 May 1927
    Location:

    France, Paris, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt (version concert)


    Performers:

    l'orchestre des Ballets Russes, direction : Igor Stravinsky.

  • 23 février 1928, version scénique, Autriche, Vienne, Staatsoper, direction : Wallerstein.

Observations

La réduction pour piano et voix est de Stravinsky.