For his debut at the Paris Opera, Wajdi Mouawad tells us about the trajectory of Oedipus, this man who ignores himself, in a continuum of organic images, sometimes vegetal, sometimes aerial or aquatic. Meanwhile, Graham Clark will no longer sing the role of Laos. Despite a triumphant reception, the work was surprisingly rare on the stages during the 20th century. By Francisco Salazar Opra de Paris has announced two cast changes for its upcoming production of Enesco’s dipe The company announced that John Tomlinson has withdrawn from the role of Tirsias and will be replaced by Clive Bayley. The influence of Fauré, his master, Stravinsky, Debussy and ancient Romanian musical traditions nourish an orchestral and vocal writing of unparalleled originality. Sophocles' piece has the effect of an electric shock on the Romanian composer who from then on, and even before having a libretto, works on his score, created in 1936 at the Paris Opera. In 1909, leaving a performance of Oedipus as the King at the Comédie ‑ Française, Georges Enesco hastened to transcribe the first bars of his future and unique opera. With a Rare ‘Oedipe,’ the Paris Opera Pulls Together Staged by the playwright and director Wajdi Mouawad, Enescu’s opera helps inaugurate a new era for the storied company.

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