Opera – Oratorio Oedipus Rex by Stravinsky and the Greek Original (SPhP XI, 1996)

• Authors: Ewa Skwara

Title variants

EN

Opera – Oratorio Oedipus Rex by Stravinsky and the Greek Original

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

This article is a voice in the discussion on the methods of stage implementation of Greek tragedy. The discussed staging of “Oedipus Rex” opera by Stravinsky (Tokyo ‚94) is dominated by non-verbal means of expression (music, set design, costume, stage movement), thus setting a supporting role for the libretto. Nevertheless, the performance arouses similar feelings and emotions as Sophocles’ drama.

EN

This article is a voice in the discussion on the methods of stage implementation of Greek tragedy. The discussed staging of “Oedipus Rex” opera by Stravinsky (Tokyo ‚94) is dominated by non-verbal means of expression (music, set design, costume, stage movement), thus setting a supporting role for the libretto. Nevertheless, the performance arouses similar feelings and emotions as Sophocles’ drama.

Keywords

PL

Greek tragedy; Sophocles; Oedipus Rex; ancient performances; Igor Stravinsky; opera.

EN

Greek tragedy; Sophocles; Oedipus Rex; ancient performances; Igor Stravinsky; opera; Greek tragedy; Sophocles; Oedipus Rex; ancient performances; Igor Stravinsky; opera

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 3

Dates

published

2017-12-15

Contributors

author

Ewa Skwara

References

• Primary sources:
• Seneca, Oedipus, in: Seneca’s Tragedies.1960. London.
• Sophocles. The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles. Ed. with introduction and notes by Sir R. Jebb. 1887. Cambridge.
• Stravinsky, I. Oedipus Rex, Opera ˗ Oratorio in two acts after Sophocles by Igor Stravinsky – Jean Cocteau. 1948. London.
• Secondary sources:
• Axer 1991: Axer, J. 1991. Filolog w teatrze. Warszawa.
• Strawiński 1974: Strawiński, I. 1974. Kroniki mego życia. Transl. by J. Kydryński, Warszawa.
• Vlad 1974: Vlad, R. 1974. Strawiński. Warszawa.

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/sppgl.2017.XXVII.3.1