Oedipus Rex · 1993
Oedipus Rex (1993) is a Music film directed by Julie Taymor, starring Jessye Norman, Philip Langridge, Bryn Terfel.
Music
Overview
Impressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the poet for an adaptation of Oedipus Rex. The resulting libretto brings together the key scenes of Sophocles’s tragedy translated by the Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin—a language that, according the composer, “is not dead but engraved in stone, and so imposing that it is immune to any popularization”.
Cast
Jessye Norman, Philip Langridge, Bryn Terfel, Harry Peeters, Min Tanaka, Kayoko Shiraishi
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What is "Oedipus Rex" about?
Impressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the poet for an adaptation of Oedipus Rex. The resulting libretto brings together the key scenes of Sophocles’s tragedy translated by the Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin—a language that, according the composer, “is not dead but engraved in stone, and so imposing that it is immune to any popularization”.
When was "Oedipus Rex" released?
Oedipus Rex was released in 1993.
Who stars in "Oedipus Rex"?
The cast includes Jessye Norman, Philip Langridge, Bryn Terfel, Harry Peeters.
