Oedipus Rex / Igor Strawinsky.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Contributor:

Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, librettist.

Daniélou, Jean, librettist.

Norman, Jessye, performer.

Moser, Thomas, performer.

Ionita, Alexandru, performer.

Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020, narrator.

Nimsgern, Siegmund, 1940-2025, performer.

Bracht, Roland, performer.

Davis, Colin, 1927-2013, conductor.

Sophocles.

Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.

Bayerischer Rundfunk. Männerchor, performer.

Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester, performer.

Standardized Title:

Oedipus Rex

Language:

English

French

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (50 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.

12 in.

Place of Publication:

München : Orfeo, [1983]

System Details:

analog

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

stereo

Participant:

Michel Piccoli, narrator ; Jessye Norman, mezzo-soprano ; Thomas Moser, Alexandru Ionita, tenors ; Siegmund Nimsgern, baritone ; Roland Bracht, bass ; Männerchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Colin Davis, conductor.

Notes:

Opera-oratorio in 2 acts, in Latin (sung portions) and French (narration), after Sophocles; text by Jean Cocteau, the Latin portions translated by J. Daniélou.

Digital recording.

Program notes in German by Dietmar Holland, with English translation by Uta-Maria Stiedle and French translation by Josef Winiger, on container, and words printed as text in Latin, German, English, and French ([7] p. : ill.) inserted.

Recorded in the Herkules-Saal München, Jan. 27-28, 1983 and June 27, 1983.

Related Work:

Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.

Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. Œdipe-roi. French & Latin.

OCLC:

11304353

Publisher Number:

S 071831 A Orfeo