
Dutch National Opera & Ballet
Oedipus Rex / Antigone
WORLD PREMIERE
Dates
9-24 Mar 2024
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage
Running time
1:35, no interval
Tickets
From € 16

Compelling classical tragedies in modern form
These two works – Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex (1927) and Samy Moussa’s world premiere Antigone (2020) – are all about crime and punishment. This new production by the top British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor brings together the worlds of classical tragedy, modern dance and music from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Photo: Marta Syrko
Start of ticket sales
General ticket sales for Oedipus Rex / Antigone start on 24 August 2023 at 12.00 midday. Want to make sure you don’t miss this moment? Then sign up for the ticket alert, and we’ll send you a reminder as soon as ticket sales begin.
Opera and ballet join forces for the opening of the Opera Forward Festival
Performance information
Musical direction Erik Nielsen
Choreography and stage direction Wayne McGregor
Set and costume design Vicki Mortimer
Lighting design Lucy Carter
Video design Akhila Krishnan
Dancers Dutch National Ballet
Oedipus Rex
Opera-oratorio
Sung in Latin
Libretto Jean Cocteau, based on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Sean Panikkar
Jocaste Sarah Connolly
Creon Bastiaan Everink
Tiresias Rafal Siwek
Antigone
World premiere
Sung in Ancient Greek, composed for women’s chorus and orchestra
Libretto
Samy Moussa in collaboration with Niall Potter
Based on texts by Aeschylus, Apollodorus, Empedocles, Euripides, Philostratus of Lemnos and Sophocles
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Co-commission and co-production with Den Norske Opera (Oslo). Antigone: Co-commission with Festival de Lanaudière (Canada).
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General ticket sales start on 24 August 2023 at 12.00 midday.

Wayne McGregor on Oedipus Rex / Antigone
Wayne McGregor, director and choreographer, on Oedipus Rex / Antigone

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