AROP evening — Opera
© Emma Birski / OnP
Œdipe
23 Sep. 2021
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- 3h05 with 1 intermission
- Première
- Opéra Bastille
- Cocktail attire
Œdipe
Œdipe - Wajdi Mouawad
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Conductor
Ingo Metzmacher; Ching-Lien Wu
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Libretto
Edmond Fleg
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Music
Georges Enesco
(1881-1955) -
Director
Wajdi Mouawad
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Set design
Emmanuel Clolus
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Costume design
Emmanuelle Thomas
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Lighting
Éric Champoux
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Video
Stéphane Pougnand
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Dramaturgy
Charlotte Farcet
In 1909, after attending a performance of Œdipus 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 Œdipus – the man unaware of his own identity – in a continuum of organic, vegetal, ethereal and aquatic images.
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Choeur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris
Œdipe has been filmed by director François Roussillon, as a coproduction by the Paris Opera and François Roussillon et Associés, with the support of the CNC and the Orange Foundation - sponsor of the audiovisual broadcastings at the Paris Opera. The performance will be broadcast live on October 14 at 7:30 pm on Medici.tv and on L'Opéra chez soi, the Paris Opera’s digital platform, and later on Mezzo Live HD Sunday 17 October 2021 at 9 pm.
Œdipe
Œdipe - Wajdi Mouawad
Œdipe
Christopher Maltman
Tirésias
Clive Bayley
Créon
Brian Mulligan
Le berger
Vincent Ordonneau
Le grand prêtre
Laurent Naouri
Phorbas / Le Veilleur
Nicolas Cavallier
Thésée
Adrian Timpau
Laïos
Yann Beuron
Jocaste
Ekaterina Gubanova
La Sphinge
Clémentine Margaine
Antigone
Anna-Sophie Neher
Mérope
Anne Sofie von Otter
Une Thébaine
Daniela Entcheva
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19:30
First part
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20:50
Intermission cocktail
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21:20
Second part
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22:35
End of the performance
Œdipe (saison 21/22) - Acte 4 (Christopher Maltman)
1 podcast
[TRAILER] ŒDIPE by Georges Enesco
1 video
[EXTRAIT] ŒDIPE by Georges Enesco
1 video
[EXTRAIT] ŒDIPE by Georges Enesco (Christopher Maltman)
1 video
[EXTRAIT] ŒDIPE by Georges Enesco (Christopher Maltman)
1 video
[EXTRAIT] ŒDIPE by Georges Enesco (Christopher Maltman & Anna-Sophie Neher)
1 video