Oedipus (opera)
1987 opera by Wolfgang Rihm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oedipus is an opera in two parts composed by Wolfgang Rihm to a German-language libretto that he based on the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and related texts by Friedrich Nietzsche and Heiner Müller. The work is characterised as Musiktheater (Music drama). Written in 1986 and 1987, it was premiered on 4 October 1987 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, directed by Götz Friedrich; it was broadcast live then and recorded on DVD.
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Opera by Wolfgang Rihm | |
Librettist | Wolfgang Rihm |
Language | German |
Based on | Oedipus Rex by Sophocles |
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