Les Noces / Oedipus Rex

17 February | Stravinsky Double Bill

Two of Stravinsky's master works performed by some of Victoria's finest artists.

Commissioned by the Ballets Russes, Les Noces ("The Wedding") combines the forces of four concert grand pianos, a huge percussion battery, soloists and large chorus. It is a work of originality and raw power, regarded by many as one of Stravinsky's most remarkable achievements.

The program concludes with the 'Opera-Oratorio' Oedipus Rex, a powerful masterwork of Stravinsky's neoclassical period. With a libretto by Jean Cocteau, it is based on Sophocles' tragic tale of plague, murder and accidental incest.

Les Noces will be performed in French and Oedipus Rex in Latin, with translations provided in the program.

Oedipus Rex

Richard Gill - Conductor
Nicholas Carter - Assistant Conductor
Jason Wasley - Oedipus
Roxane Hislop - Jocasta
Samuel Dundas - Creon/The Messenger
David Hibbard - Tiresias
Christopher Saunders - The Shepherd
Narrator - John Stanton

Les Noces

Vocal Soloists
Kirsti Harms
Dimity Shepherd
Christopher Saunders
Jerzy Kozlowski

Piano soloists
Stephen McIntyre
David McSkimming
Andrea Katz
Stefan Cassomenos

Orchestra Victoria