Igor Stravinsky Oedipus Rex, Act I (2, 3)

Oedipus Rex, operaoratorio in two acts after Sophocles (1927) Text by Jean Cocteau Narrator Michel Piccoli Oedipus Thomas Moser, tenor Jocasta Jessye Norman, mezzosoprano Creon Siegmund Nimsgern, baritone Tiresias Roland Bracht, bass Messenger Siegmund Nimsgern, baritone Sheperd Alexandru Ionita, tenor Male Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Colin Davis Oedipus Rex can be seen as a product of many aspects of Igor Stravinsky s development: his lifelong in