Oedipus Rex
Opera-oratorio in two acts
Libretto
Jean Cocteau (after Sophokles)
Premiere
30 May 1927, Paris (Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt) (concert)
23 February 1928, Vienna (Staatsoper) (scenic)
Cast
OEDIPUS (tenor)
JOCASTE (mezzo-soprano)
CREON (bass-baritone)
TIRESIAS (bass)
THE SHEPHERD (tenor)
THE MESSENGER (bass-baritone)
SPEAKER (spoken role
CHORUS
Place
Theban
Time