presents
Igor Stravinsky
Libretto by Jean Cocteau, based on Sophocles
Company Premiere
LA OPERA'S PRODUCTION OF OEDIPUS REX
AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA ARE MADE POSSIBLE
WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM
TERRI AND JERRY M. KOHL
CAST
Oedipus Russell Thomas
Jocasta J’Nai Bridges
Creon/Messenger John Relyea
Tiresias Morris Robinson
Shepherd Robert Stahley†
Narrator Stephen Fry*
CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor James Conlon
Chorus Director Grant Gershon
Animations Manual Cinema*
Lighting Azra King-Abadi*
stage Manager Whitney McAnally
Musical Preparation Jeremy Frank, Nicholas Roehler†
The forthcoming streaming presentation of Oedipus Rex is directed by
Matthew Diamond
PRODUCTION NOTES
The running time is approximately 50 minutes, without intermission.
English translation by E.E. Cummings
English titles courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
LA Opera partnered with G8 Check to develop and implement COVID protocols in full compliance with LA County and other local guidelines.
* LA Opera debut
† Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
Artists subject to change
Please wear your mask at all times inside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Please refrain from talking during the performance, and turn off all cell phones, electronic devices and watch alarms. If you are using an assistive hearing device, or are attending with someone who is, please make sure that it is set to an appropriate level to avoid distracting audio feedback. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. The use of cameras and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Your use of a ticket acknowledges your willingness to appear in photographs taken in public areas of the Music Center and releases the Center and its lessees and others from liability resulting from use of such photographs. Any microphones onstage are used for recording or broadcast purposes only; onstage voices are not amplified.
