Oedipus Rex
Americannoun
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His big break came in 1965 when the composer Stravinsky asked him to sing his opera Oedipus Rex in Athens.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
"Oedipus Rex" takes place in Thebes while "a fiery demon" grips the city.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2020
Like Oedipus in Oedipus Rex, Pericles’ intelligence failed to avert disaster.
From Slate • Mar. 23, 2020
His perfect diction and rhythmic precision made his rendering of Jean Cocteau's narration of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex in Bob Wilson's production at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1996 particularly exciting.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2010
If you were unfamiliar with the story of Oedipus Rex and I simply said, “Sophocles play story kill Laius wife Jocasta wed Oedipus father mother,” you wouldn’t guess what happened in a million years.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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