Stravinsky's genius for the stage is here represented by two very
different works. Oedipus Rex (1927) is the fruit of a collaboration
with Jean Cocteau, in which the Sophocles tragedy is pared down to
make an opera-oratorio of overwhelming impact. Judith Weir analyses
how this is achieved: the Latin text has an immediacy which is
sometimes even comic, and the vibrant rhythms are reminiscent of
the Italian operatic tradition - explored by David Nice in his
analysis of the score. The libretto of The Rake's Progress (1951)
by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman is one of the greatest English
opera texts. In a survey of the composition period, Roger Savage
examines the contributions of the different collaborators.
Contents: The Person of Fate and the Fate of the Person: 'Oedipus
Rex', David Nice; 'Oedipus Rex': A Personal View, Judith Weir; On
an Oratorio, Jean Cocteau; Oedipus Rex: Libretto by Jean Cocteau,
translated into Latin by Jean Danielou; Oedipus Rex: English
translation of the narration by e. e. cummings and of the Latin
text by Deryck Cooke; Making a Libretto: Three Collaborations over
'The Rake's Progress', Roger Savage; The New and the Classical in
'The Rake's Progress', Brian Trowell; The Rake's Progress: Libretto
by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman
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