Igor Stravinsky - Works of Igor Stravinsky (Disc 18)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Works of Igor Stravinsky - Disc 18: Oratorio - Melodrama Vol. 1

9 tracks; 72 minutes

Oedipus Rex (1927)

Libretto by Jean Cocteau

Oedipus: George Shirley, tenor

Jocasta: Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano

Creon: Donald Gramm, bass

Tiresias: Chester Watson, bass

Messenger: John Reardon, bass

Shepherd: Loren Driscoll, tenor

Narrator: John Westbrook

Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera Society of Washington D.C.

Igor Stravinsky, conductor

The Flood, opera for television (1962)

Text compiled by Robert Craft

Narrator: Laurence Harvey

Noah: Sebastien Cabot

Noah's wife: Elsa Lanchester

God: John Reardon & Robert Oliver, bass

Lucifer: Richard Robinson, tenor

Caller: Paul Tripp

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Gregg Smith, chorus director

Robert Craft, conductor (in the composer's presence)

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