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Oedipus rex - 1927

Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971

Libretto by Jean Cocteau based on the tragedy by Sophocles

First performance at Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris on 30 May 1927

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French libretto - German translation - Spanish translation

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Set to a Latin libretto by Jean Cocteau, this highly stylised piece fuses opera and oratorio.

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