Opera on 3: ThebansSeries 1, episode 0From the English National Opera, Andrew McGregor presents Julian Anderson's new opera in three acts to a libretto by Frank McGuinness, based on Sophocles's tragic Oedipus trilogy. In this version of the Greek dramas, the three individual plays are rendered down to one Act each, retelling of the story of Oedipus's journey from proud King of Thebes to blind, wandering exile. Roland Wood, baritone (Oedipus), Peter Hoare, tenor (Creon), Julia Sporsen, soprano (Antigone), Matthew Best, bass (Tiresias), Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano (Jocasta), Christopher Ainslie, countertenor (Messenger), Anthony Gregory, tenor (Haemon), Jonathan Mcgovern, baritone (Polynices), English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus/Edward Gardner |
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