Oedipus Rex by Stravinsky, lau 19 okt 2019, Frá (2019/2019), Leikstýrt af Timofey Kulyabin, Hljómsveitarstjóri Johannes Pell, Oper Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

One of the original myths of classical literature in an unusual combination: an evening about the highs and lows of human action and feeling. The marriage of the widowed Queen Jocasta to Oedipus, the savior of the city of Thebes from the Sphinx, is celebrated. Thebes is threatened by the plague. The oracle proclaims that the plague is the punishment for the murderer of King Laios still living in the city unmolested. Oedipus wants to find the murderer, but the investigations reveal that he is not only the son of Laios, but also his murderer, and that he also married his own mother, Jocasta. Both of them can't bear the guilt. Jocasta hangs himself and Oedipus gouges out his own eyes. In the 1920s, Igor Stravinsky repeatedly dealt with mythical themes such as B. the ›spring sacrifice‹. The dance cantata 'Les Noces' (The Wedding) and 'Oedipus Rex', an adaptation of the tragedy of Sophocles by the French playwright Jean Cocteau, soon followed. Director Timofey Kulyabin's team, which worked on the acclaimed ›Rigoletto‹ in the 2016/17 season, is returning to Wuppertal for the double evening.