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There's a big story to be told here: not just that of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus, as in Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio, but its unfortunate protagonist as the subject of the original Sphinx's riddle ...

From seeing the Brussels premiere of Alex Ollé and Valentina Carrasco’s production of Oedipe for La Fura dels Baus, also given under Leo Hussain’s baton, my abiding memory is of flashes of inspiration ...

George Enescu’s sole opera Oedipe is generally acclaimed to be his greatest masterpiece. He originally had the idea for the work in 1910, and immediately started some musical sketches, even though a ...

00:01, Wed, Jun 1, 2016 Updated: 22:45, Wed, Jun 1, 2016 Hugely admired and much in demand in his own country as pianist, violinist and conductor, the originality and energy of his compositions was ...

Enescu’s operatic masterpiece Oedipe is known by most, if at all, only from hearsay, but this new production, by Alex Ollé (of La Fura dels Baus) and Valentina Carrasco, brings it thrillingly to life.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Oedipus legend casts a long shadow over theatre and film from Dryden and Voltaire to Cocteau and Pasolini. Opera ...