Oedipus Rex

Information

(Objekt ID 55938)
Object type Production
Premiere March 6, 1974
Produced by The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet
Based on Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinskij, Jean Cocteau, Sofokles ; Kong Oidipus by Sofokles
Audience Adults
Language Latin
Keywords Opera
Running period March 6, 1974  
Contributors (18)
Name Role
Sofokles – Author
Jean Cocteau – Libretto
Kenneth Tillson – Direction
Per Åke Andersson – Musical direction
Igor Stravinskij – Composer
William Dudley – Stage design
William Dudley – Costume design
Svein Carlsen – Singer (Budbringer)
Caj Ehrstedt – Singer (Oedipus)
Sven Olof Eliasson – Singer (Oedipus)
Tor Gilje – Singer (Hyrden)
Vessa Hansen – Singer (Iokaste)
Almar Heggen – Singer (Teiresias)
Bjørn Lie-Hansen – Singer (Budbringer)
Thorbjørn Lindhjem – Singer (Kreon)
Erling Chr. Onsager – Singer (Kreon)
Øyvind Widerøe – Singer (Hyrden)
Jenö Hukvari – Choir (Kormester)
Performance dates
March 6, 1974Hovedscenen i Folketeaterbygningen National premiere, Norway