Description
Carl Orff:Oedipus der Tyrann (tragedy by Sophocles translated by Friedrich Hölderlin)
Artists
Mark Adler (Tenor)Andreas Daum (Bass)Markus Durst (Tenor)Dimitry Ivashchenko (Bass)Yamina Maamar (Soprano)Oleksandr Prytolyuk (Baritone)Norbert Schmittberg (Tenor)
Darmstadt State Theatre Male Chorus (Chorus)
Darmstadt State Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)Stefan Blunier (Conductor)
John Dew (Director)
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According to the Delphic Oracle, Oedipus, ruler of Thebes, can only save his city from doom if he solves the murder of his predecessor Laius. In the course of the investigation, Oedipus himself is accused of regicide and realises that several years earlier, he unwittingly killed Laius, his own father, and married Jocasta, his mother. Thereupon, Oedipus blinds himself. |
