Having inadvertently murdered his father and committed incest with his mother (who then killed herself), Oedipus, king of Thebes, put his eyes out and was driven into exile by his sons, Eteocles and Polynices, who then begin to struggle over succession to the throne. Many Greek tragedies deal with dysfunctional families, and none more so than that of Oedipus. The opera is based on Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus at Colonus," the second item in a trilogy that is one of the glories of Greek literature. The performing group Opera Lafayette is still relatively unknown, though rapidly gaining followers, and composer Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786) is hardly a household name though this, his last work, was wildly successful, with 583 performances at the Paris Opera between 17.įortunately the concert performance of "Oedipe a Colone," in Dekelboum Concert Hall, was fully worthy of the occasion, and even more fortunately, the performance was recorded for release on the Naxos label. Amasterpiece more than two centuries old had its American premiere Saturday evening at the University of Maryland.
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