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Igor Stravinsky s Oedipus Rex is available to stream now thru July 18th. Stravinsky based his opera
Oedipus Rex on the ancient Greek tragedy of the same name by Sophocles. Tour members watch it while enjoying an assortment of flaky Greek pastries, Ouzo, and retsina wine.
The 1927 opera,
Oedipus Rex, is a highly stylized, ritualistic work. In fact, the composer specifically requested that it be staged with minimal movement, which works well with COVID restrictions. Throughout the course of the opera, a narrator describes the action in English. Stravinsky set his work in Latin but specified that the narration is to be spoken in the language of the audience. The performance will feature incredibly imaginative projected animations created by Manual Cinema, an Emmy Award-winning performance collective, design studio and film/video production company. Music Director James Conlon conducts a stellar cast led by tenor Russell Thomas, LA Opera s Artist in Residence, as Oedipus, the doom
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OPERA LEADS THE WAY BACK
May. 13, 2021 at 11:00 am
I WAS RIGHT LAST WEEK!
About live music coming back. That light at the end of the tunnel is a spotlight, and the band, the dancers and the actors are getting ready to hit the stage.
Not tonight, not quite yet, but sooner than I thought possible.
And who is leading the way to the return of live performances? Opera! Yes, opera.
I love opera. What’s not to love, if you are a music lover? It’s music by some of the best composers of the classical world, played by outstanding orchestras, accompanied by an on-stage spectacle of fantastic sets and costumes, sung by excellent actors possessed of the greatest human instruments of voice, to timeless stories of…
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