`Oedipus Rex`, opera-oratorio in two acts by Sophocles (1926-27), K047 (Stravinsky)

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
`Oedipus Rex`, opera-oratorio in two acts by Sophocles (1926-27), K047

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Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Jocasta - Tatiana Troyanos,Oedipus - Lajos Kozma, CreonThe Messenger - Franz Crass, Tiresias - Luidgi Roni, The Shepherd - Franco Jacopucci, Narrator - Giancarlo Sbragia. RAI Simphony Orchestra&Chorus, Rome, Claudio Abbado, conductor. February 8, 1969
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Karel Ančerl (conductor) , Vera Soukupova (mezzo-soprano)

Ivo ZIDEK (Oedipus); Vera SOUKUPOVA (Jocasta); Karel BERMAN (Creon); Jean DESAILLY (Narrator in French); Eduard HAKEN (Tiresias); Zdenek KROUPA (Messenger); Antonin ZLESAK (Shepherd); CZECH SINGERS CHOIR (Josef VESELKA, choirmaster); CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. Taken from a LP recorded by SUPRAPHON in 1966 and re-released by VOX/TURNABOUT (USA) in 1973.
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Ernest Ansermet (conductor) , Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)

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Riccardo Chailly (conductor) , Robert Dean Smith (Tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo soprano), Juha Uusitalo (Bass Baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Live - 25 December 2001 - Johan Leysen (Speaker), Robert Dean Smith (Oedipus), Waltraud Meier (Jocasta). Juha Uuistalo (Creon, Messenger), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Tiresias), Marcel Reijans (Shepherd) - Netherlands Radio Chorus
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Colin Davis (conductor) , Jessye Norman (soprano), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass-baritone), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir

Jessye Norman (Jocasta), Thomas Moser (Oedipe), Siegmund Nimsgern (Creon), Roland Bracht (Tiresias), Michel Piccoli (narrator). Recording: 1983, ORFEO.
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Colin Davis (conductor) , Ronald Dowd (Tenor), Patricia Johnson (Mezzo-soprano), Raimund Herincx (Bass Baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

15-17 November 1961 (Music) - 17 July 1962 (Narration) - Ralph Richardson (Speaker), Ronald Dowd (Oedipus), Patricia Johnson (Jocasta), Raimund Herincx (Creon, Messenger), Harold Blackburn (Tiresias), Alberto Remedios (Shepherd) - Sadler`s Wells Opera Chorus
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Vladimir Fedoseev (conductor) , Maksim (Maxim) Paster (tenor), Olesya Petrova (mezzo-soprano), Tchaikovski Grand Symphony Orchestra (Moscow), Sveshnikov State Russian Choir

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Valeriy Gergiev (conductor)

New York - 21 February 2004 - Live - Philip Bosco, Clifton Forbis, Stephanie Blythe, Evgeny Nikitin, Barry Banks, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
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Vadim Gnedash (conductor) , Ukrainian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra

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Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI
Con. Herbert von Karajan
Niccolai Gedda, tenor
Mario Petri, bass
Magda Laszlo, soprano
Nestore Catalani, bass-baritone
Aldo Bertocci, tenor
Rec. 1952
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James Levine (conductor)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, chorus, soloists
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James Levine (conductor) , Boston Symphony Orchestra

Men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine - conductor. Symphony Hall, Boston, 8 January 2011.
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James Levine (conductor) , Philip Langridge (tenor), Florence Quivar (mezzo-soprano), James Morris (Bass Baritone), Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1993 - Jules Bastin (Speaker), Philip Langridge (Oedipus), Florence Quivar (Jocasta), James Morris (Creon, Messenger), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Tiresias), Donald Kaasch (Shepherd) - Chicago Symphony Chorus
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) *

Oedipus – Robert Gambill
Jocasta – Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Creon / Messenger – Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Tiresias – Juha Uusitalo
Shepherd – Edgaras Montvidas
BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Royal Albert Hall, London

2003
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Leopold Simoneau (tenor) , Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Michel Hamel (tenor), Gerard Serkoyan (bass), Orchestre National de France (ORTF), Choir Radio France

Concert performance on May 19, 1952 Theatre of the Champs-Elysees L.Simoneau (Oedipus), E.Zareska (Jocasta), B.Cottret (Creon), G.Serkoyan (Tiresias), M.Hamel (Shepherd), G.Abdoun (Messenger), I.Stravinsky (conductor), J.Cocteau (narrator).
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Igor Stravinsky (conductor) , Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Donald Gramm (bass-baritone)

George Shirley - Oedipus, Shirley Verrett - Jocaste, Donald Gramm - Créon, John Reardon - messenger, Chester Watson - Tirésias, Loren Driskoll - The Shepherd, John Westbrook - narrator. January 20, 1962, Washington.
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Igor Stravinsky (conductor) , Peter Pears (tenor), Martha Moedl , Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester

Peter Pears - Oedipus, Martha Moedl - Jocasta, Heinz Rehfuss - Creon, Otto von Rohr - Tiresias, Helmut Krebs - shepherd, Jean Cocteau - narrator. October 8, 1951, Cologne & May 1952, Paris (narration).
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Igor Stravinsky (conductor) , Magda Laszlo (Soprano), Scipio Colombo (Baritone), Giuseppe Modesti (Bass), Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI

Live - 6 April 1955 - Arnoldo Foa (Narrator), Magda Laszlo (Mezzo), Scipio Colombo (Tenor), Tommaso Frascati (Tenor), Giuseppe Modesti (Bess), Alfredo Nobile (Bass) - Rai Rome Chorus
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