Oedipus Rex/The Rake's Progress
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Stravinsky's genius for the stage is here represented by two very different works. Oedipus Rex (1927) is the fruit of a collaboration with Jean Cocteau, in which the Sophocles tragedy is pared down to make an opera-oratorio of overwhelming impact. Judith Weir analyses how this is achieved: the Latin text has an immediacy which is sometimes even comic, and the vibrant rhythms are reminiscent of the Italian operatic tradition - explored by David Nice in his analysis of the score. The libretto of The Rake's Progress (1951) by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman is one of the greatest English opera texts. In a survey of the composition period, Roger Savage examines the contributions of the different collaborators.Contents: The Person of Fate and the Fate of the Person: 'Oedipus Rex', David Nice; 'Oedipus Rex': A Personal View, Judith Weir; On an Oratorio, Jean Cocteau; Oedipus Rex: Libretto by Jean Cocteau, translated into Latin by Jean Danielou; Oedipus Rex: English translation of the narration by e. e. cummings and of the Latin text by Deryck Cooke; Making a Libretto: Three Collaborations over 'The Rake's Progress', Roger Savage; The New and the Classical in 'The Rake's Progress', Brian Trowell; The Rake's Progress: Libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman

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Publisher
Overture Publishing
Year
2018
ISBN
9780714544892
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Opera Music

Table of contents

  1. The Person of Fate and the Fate of the Person: Stravinsky's 'Oedipus Rex'
  2. 'Oedipus Rex': A Personal View
  3. On an Oratorio
  4. Thematic Guide
  5. Oedipus Rex
  6. Prologue
  7. Act 1
  8. Act 2
  9. Making a Libretto: Three Collaborations over 'The Rake's Progress'
  10. The New and the Classical in 'The Rake's Progress'
  11. Thematic Guide
  12. The Rake's Progress
  13. Act 1
  14. Act 2
  15. Act 3
  16. Epilogue
  17. The 1958 Prologue
  18. Discography
  19. Bibliography
  20. Contributors and Acknowledgements