Name: Oedipus Rex + Lilacs
Start: 2022-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Verizon Hall

Organization

Tenor

William Burden

Oedipus

Mezzo-soprano

Rehanna Thelwell

Jocasta

Bass-baritone

Mark S. Doss

Creon

Bass

Jonathan Lemalu

Tiresias

Spoken

Charlotte Blake Alston

The narrator

Conductor

Corrado Rovaris

Ethan Burck

The shepherd

Soprano

Tiffany Townsend

soprano

Chorus master

Elizabeth Braden

The messenger

Opera Philadelphia

Others

Opera Philadelphia Chorus

Orchestra

Opera Philadelphia Orchestra

Latin

English

Oedipus Rex + Lilacs

Philadelphia

United States

Verizon Hall

Oedipus Rex + Lilacs: Oedipus rex (+1 More)

Public

Oedipus Rex

Lilacs

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Singer

Contralto

Baritone

Countertenor

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

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Enter Thebes…a city in crisis whose denizens are looking to one man for salvation: Oedipus Rex. But how can this man save anything when he’s unknowingly cursed by the gods? Can he escape his dark fate?

The ancient Greek tragedy of the man who killed his father and married his mother is brought into the 20th century with a searing score by Igor Stravinsky in the opera-oratorio, Oedipus Rex. Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris leads the Opera Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists William Burden, Rehanna Thelwell, and Mark S. Doss.

Before watching Oedipus fall, reflect on the loss of other guiding stars with Lilacs, George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning meditation on grief and remembrance. This rarely-performed piece is a setting of Whitman’s poem, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” written after Lincoln’s assassination. In Lilacs, Walker commemorates famed Black tenor Roland Hayes. Rising soprano Tiffany Townsend performs as the soloist.

Oedipus Rex + Lilacs by Stravinsky, Walker, George, Fri 21 Jan 2022, From (2022/2022), Conductor Corrado Rovaris, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, United States

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