Saito Kinen Festival, Japan - 1992 Julie Taymor filmed this very uniqe, stunning opera-oratorio. Jean Cocteau’s narration is spoken by an incredibly suggestive japanese actress. As Stravinsky intended, Sophocles’ text obviously sung in latin. The Speaker: Kayoko Shiraishi Oedipus: Philip Langridge Jocasta: Jessye Norman Creon: Bryn Terfel Oedipus’s alterego: Min Tanaka Conductor: Seiji Ozawa Libretto by Jean Cocteau
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