Name: John Eliot Gardiner conducts Stravinsky
Start: 2016-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Berliner Philharmonie

Organization

Conductor

John Eliot Gardiner

Chorus master

Gijs Leenaars

Singer

Tenor

Andrew Staples

Oedipus

Mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Johnston

Jocasta

Bass-baritone

Ashley Riches

Creon

Bass

Gianluca Buratto

Tiresias

Gareth Treseder

The shepherd

Alex Ashworth

The messenger

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Stravinsky

Berlin

Germany

Berliner Philharmonie

After an absence of 14 years, Sir John Eliot Gardiner returned to the Berliner Philharmoniker with this Stravinsky evening. The focus is on the neoclassical opera oratorio Oedipus Rex, whose archaic force unmistakeably inspired Carl Orff in composing his Carmina Burana. The ballet Apollon musagète also harks back to older music – but in its bright Baroque grace conjures up an entirely different world of sound.

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Stravinsky: Oedipus rex Stravinsky

Public

Oedipus Rex

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading