The first chorus is among the most comprehensible. It is simple, bold, and spirited. The dancing measures occurring at the beginning of the third strophe (p. 20 of the pianoforte score), make a ...

The Chorus is left onstage, restating what has occurred. The Messenger arrives and brings the news that Queen Jocasta has killed herself. A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current ...

The chorus was less satisfying ... I saw beautiful red lights flashed on the back-drop as miserable Oedipus stumbled wretchedly inside to this wife's death at the end, but I did not hear Mark ...

The ever-present chorus, religious zealots who refuse to ... Against this backdrop, Oedipus seems like the only sane one. He’s played here by professional Creepy Lil’ Guy Rami Malek, a man ...

Icke’s version dispensed with the chorus altogether. His Oedipus was a politician, but a politician so successful that he could afford to spend election night ignoring TV screens in order to ...

King Oedipus, played by the movie star Rami Malek ... Matthew Warchus.) Between scenes, a chorus throws beautifully unsettling shapes to a soundtrack of moody electronic beats and pounding ...