Enescu's Œdipe

Wajdi Mouawad (stage director), Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) — With Christopher Maltman (Œdipus), Yann Beuron (Laius), Ekaterina Gubanova (Jocasta), Clive Bayley (Tiresias) …

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Cast

Wajdi Mouawad — Stage director

Emmanuel Clolus — Set designer

Emmanuelle Thomas — Costumes

Cécile Kretschmar — Wig and Makeup Designer

Éric Champoux — Lighting

Stéphane Pougnand — Video

Charlotte Farcet — Dramaturgy

Christopher Maltman — Œdipus

Clive Bayley — Tiresias

Brian Mulligan — Creon

Vincent Ordonneau — The Shepherd

Laurent Naouri — The High Priest

Nicolas Cavallier — Phorbas/The Night Watchman

Adrian Timpau — Theseus

Yann Beuron — Laius

Ekaterina Gubanova — Jocasta

Clémentine Margaine — The Sphinx

Program notes

Discover a rarely performed jewel of the operatic repertoire, live from Paris’s Opéra Bastille: Œdipe by George Enescu, on a libretto by Edmond Fleg inspired by Sophocles.

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Venue: Opéra Bastille (Paris, France)

Production date: 2021

Available until

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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