Icke's take on Oedipus makes for a compelling night at the theatre. Perhaps a truly modern version, though, would have Oedipus and Jocasta spending their remaining years lying on separate couches ...

The orchestra as the main focal point gave adequate weight to the music’s role in this particular telling of the tale, while the characters’ shifting and switching of positions highlighted the ...

The audience mingles with the 92-strong combined Scottish Opera chorus and community chorus of Theban citizens – or joins the Olympian gods looking down on the drama from the first floor balcony.

Having had considerable success with community-chorus based, fully immersive productions of popular operas Pagliacci and Candide, Scottish Opera has turned towards something altogether more ...

Art History ‘Oedipus and the Sphinx’ Sensationalized Paris. Here Are 3 Things to Know About the Masterpiece. Gustave Moreau wanted to create a sensation, and he succeeded with this bold ...

The story — the myth, the legend — of Oedipus remains a time-honoured tale, an ageless tragedy, a cornerstone of Western culture. Many a common reader unversed in Greek drama or averse to ...

In unfurling the story of a boy who becomes a killer, a lover, and a singer, the German director Angela Schanelec continues to move to her own inimitable beat.

New Oedipus, Interesting Complex Natural Theatricals offers different look at Greek myth. Tuesday, November 7, 2006 ...

3. “Oedipus” Regina Spektor (2002) Like “Samson,” the other Greek myth song on her second (self-released) album, Songs, Spektor doesn’t merely regurgitate the tale, but rather finds a ...

The Oedipus myth is lodged deep in the Western psyche. The king, who unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother, is cited in Aristotle’s "Poetics" as the ideal tragic hero, ...