APRIL 2007 - Stravinsky in Strasbourg Opera National du Rhin

STRASBOURG

Opéra
23rd March, 20h
25th March, 15h
27th March, 20h
2nd April, 20h

4th April, 20h

MULHOUSE
Filature
13rd April, 20h
15th April, 15h

Music director

Daniel Klajner
Choreography and production
Lucinda Childs
Scenery and Costume design
Rudy Sabounghi
Lighting
Christophe Forey

THE NIGHTINGALE
The Nightingale
Mélanie Boisvert+ (singing) / Christelle Molard - Sandy Delasalle (dance)
The Cook
Isabelle Cals+
The Fisherman
Kresimir Spicer*+
The Emperor of China
Michael Schelomianski+ (singing) / Boyd Lau - Alexandre van Hoorde (danse)
The Chamberlain
David Bizic*+
The Mandarin
Patrick Bolleire**
Death
Nadia Bieber#
Three Japanese envoyés
Roger Padullés** / Carlos Aguirre** / Chae-Hoon Baek#
Soprano solo
Karine Bergamelli#
Alto solo
Simona Ivas#
Ténor solo
Jian Wang#

ŒDIPUS REX
Narrator
Claude Duparfait*+
Œdipus
Kresimir Spicer*+ (singing) / Sylvain Boruel - Alain Trividic (dance)
Jocasta
Sylvie Brunet+ (singing) / Stéphanie Madec - Sybile Obré (dance)
Créon
David Bizic*+
Tiresias
Michael Schelomianski
The Shepherd
Roger Padullés**
The Messenger
Patrick Bolleire**

Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse

Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin

Choeurs de l'Opéra national du Rhin
Choral director
Michel Capperon

"The assassin is hidden in Thebes,
And must be found. God commands
That he who brought the plague to Thebes
Be sent away. This is what Apollo says,
Our God."

OEDIPUS REX, Act I

We remain in ancient times for these two Parisian works by Stravinsky. Oedipus Rex is set in Ancient Greece, in Thebes, at the time when Oedipus, driven by blind destiny and the fury of the gods, committed his involuntary crime. In The Nightingale we catch a rare glimpse of the China of antiquity, a land aglow with legends both charming and mysterious. While both these works sprang from the pen of the same composer, Stravinsky, the stories, settings and music are very different. With the delicate impressionism of The Nightingale and the violent neo-classicism of Oedipus Rex, this programme shows the great Russian composer in all his versatility.

Opera National du Rhin - Strasbourg

Composer:Igor Stravinsky

Opera: Le Rossignol (Chamberlain)

Opera: Oedipus Rex (Creon)

Dates: March 23, 25, 27, April 2, 4, 13(*), 15(*)

(*)=Mulhouse

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