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Œdipe
Opéra Bastille - from 20 September to 14 October 2021
Œdipe
Opera Georges Enesco
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Opéra Bastille - from 20 September to 14 October 2021
3h05 with 1 interval
Language : French
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Pre‑opening for the young : 20 Sept. 2021
Opening night : 23 Sept. 2021
The show will be broadcast live on October 14 at 7:30 pm on L'Opéra chez soi and medici.tv
About
In few words:
In 1909, after attending a performance of OEdipus Rex at the Comédie-Française, George Enescu hastened to transcribe the first bars of his one and only opera. Sophocles’ play had the effect of an electroshock on the Romanian composer, spurring him to begin work on his score before he even had a libretto. The completed work would ultimately have its world premiere at the Paris Opera in 1936. The influences of his teacher Fauré, of Stravinsky, Debussy and Romania’s ancestral musical traditions all fuelled an orchestral and vocal composition of unparalleled originality. Surprisingly, despite receiving a rapturous reception, the work was rarely staged at opera houses during the 20th century. For his Paris Opera debut, Wajdi Mouawad evokes the life of OEdipus – the man unaware of his own identity – in a continuum of organic, vegetal, ethereal and aquatic images.
CHARACTERS
Laius: King of Thebes
Jocasta: Queen of Thebes, mother and wife of Œdipus
Creon: Brother of Jocasta
Tiresias: A soothsayer
Merope: Œdipus’ adoptive mother, Queen of Corinth
Phorbas: Shepherd in the service of Polybus and Merope, rulers of Corinth
The Shepherd: Commanded by Laius to kill the newborn Œdipus
Antigone: Daughter of Œdipus and Jocasta
Theseus: King of Athens
The Sphinx
The High Priest
The Night Watchman
- Opening
- First part 85 mn
- Intermission 30 mn
- Second part 80 mn
- End
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Œdipe
Opera in four acts
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Libretto :
Edmond Fleg
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Music :
Georges Enesco - (1881-1955)
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Conductor :
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Chorus master :
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Director :
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Set design :
Emmanuel Clolus
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Costume design :
Emmanuelle Thomas
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Make-up, hairdressing :
Cécile Kretschmar
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Lighting :
Éric Champoux
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Video :
Stéphane Pougnand
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Dramaturgy :
Charlotte Farcet
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Œdipe :
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Tirésias :
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Créon :
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Le berger :
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Le grand prêtre :
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Phorbas / Le Veilleur :
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Thésée :
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Laïos :
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Éric Huchet
8, 11 et 14 October
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Jocaste :
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La Sphinge :
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Antigone :
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Mérope :
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Une Thébaine :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Œdipe (saison 21/22) - Acte 4 (Christopher Maltman)
Œdipe (saison 21/22) -Acte 2 ( Christopher Maltman et Anne Sofie von Otter)
Œdipe (saison 21/22) - Acte 1 (Ekaterina Gubanova)
About the work
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Podcast Œdipe
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Draw-me Œdipe
By Octave
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Œdipe, stronger than destiny
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Georges Enescu’s odyssey
Media coverage
Œdipe at the Bastille Opera: a triumph.
Les EchosAnne Sophie von Otter in a dazzling shape.
DiapasonThe British baritone is shining through his art of supreme words and the male seductive shades of his voice. Each one of his brazen phrasings, looks and gestures reflects the wide psychological range of the protagonist.
Diapason
Partners
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With the support of the Cercle Berlioz
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