The presentation of opera on video at Kendal continues with Oedipus Rex.
Oedipus Rex was composed by Igor Stravinsky as an opera-oratorio with a libretto by Jean Cocteau, based on the Sophocles tragedy.
The version presented on August 27 is a production directed by Julie Taymor, in which puppets portray the characters and Philip Langridge (speaker), Jessye Norman, Min Tanaka, and Bryn Terfel sing the roles. Seiji Ozawa conducts.
It was performed at the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in Japan in 1992, and filmed by Taymor for television.
Enjoy this unique work in the Gathering Room at 1:00 pm.