Stravinsky Oedipus Rex: An Opera in Two Acts

Opera-oratorio composed by Igor Stravinsky, libretto written by Jean Cocteau based on a poem by Sophocles. Featuring Jessye Norman, Philip Langridge, and Bryn Terfel, among others, with Seiji Ozawa conducting the Shinyukai Male Chorus and Saito Kinen Orchestra.

Learn more about Oedipus Rex: here.

Track Listing
Act 1
1. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Spectateurs (narrator)
2. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Caedit nos pestis (chorus)
3. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Liberi, vos liberabo (Oedipus, chorus)
4. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Voici (narrator)
5. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Respondit Deus (Creon)
6. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Non reperias vetus scelus (Oedipus, chorus)
7. Oedipus Rex: Act l: OEdipe interroge la fontaine (narrator)
8. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Delie exspectamus (chorus)
9. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Dicere non possum (Tiresias, Oedipus)
10. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Invidia fortunam odit (Oedipus)
11. Oedipus Rex: Act l: Gloria! (chorus)
Act 2
12. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: La dispute des princes (narrator)
13. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: Gloria ! (chorus)
14. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: Nonn' erubescite, reges (Jocasta)
15. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: Trivium, trivium … (Chorus, Oedipus, Jocasta)
16. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: Le temoin du meurtre sort (narrator)
17. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: Adest omniscius pastor (Chorus, Messenger, Shepherd, Oedipus)
18. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: In monte reppertus est (Shepherd, Messenger, Oedipus)
19. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: Et maintenant (narrator)
20. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: Divium Jocastae (Messenger, chorus)
21. Oedipus Rex: Act ll: Ecce! Regem Oedipoda (chorus)

Cast
Oedipus – Peter Schreier
Jocaste – Jessye Norman
Creon – Bryn Terfel
Tiresias – Harry Peeters
Shepherd – Robert Swensen
Messenger – Michio Tatara
Narrator – Georges Wilson

Shinyukai Male Choir
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor