ENESCU : OEDIPE

Radio New Zealand Concert network
Saturday 23rd of July 2017 at 6.05 -9.30 pm 
Sunday 6th of June 2010 at 3.03 - 5.30 pm

INTRODUCTION
SYNOPSIS
REVIEW
 RECORDINGS
LIBRETTO (French, Italian)


 2017
ENESCU: Oedipe
Opera in four acts, based on the mythological tale of Oedipus
Oedipe......................... Johan Reuter
Tirésias......................... John Tomlinson
Antigone...................... Sophie Bevan
Mérope......................... Claudia Huckle
Jocaste ........................ Sarah Connolly
The Sphinx................... Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Shepherd...................... Alan Oke
High Priest................... Nicolas Courjal
Laïos............................ Hubert Francis
Créon........................... Samuel Youn
Phorbas........................ In-Sung Sim
The Watcher................ Stefan Kocan
Thésée.......................... Samuel Dale Johnson
Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Leo Hussain
2010
Oedipus........................ Franck Ferrari
High Priest.................... Stefan Schuller
Shepherd...................... Valentin Racoveanu
Jocasta.......................... Oana Andra
Laius............................. Mihai Lazar
Tiresias......................... Horia Sandu
Phorbas........................ Pompeiu Harasteanu
Merope......................... Adriana Alexandru
Antigone....................... Crina Zancu
Watchman..................... Mihnea Lamatic
Sphinx........................... Ecaterina Tutu
Theseus......................... Vicentiu Taranu
Theban Woman............. Sidonia Nica
Creon........................... Ionut Pascu
Bucharest National Opera Chorus & Orch
Oleg Caetani (Rumanian Radio)

This is a rare musical masterpiece, and it has never attracted my attention before. It tells the full story, from the birth of Oedipus till his end.