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Oedipe-8 June 2016 Evening 7.15pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Leo Hussain
Chorus Director Renato Balsadonna
Chorus Master Genevieve Ellis
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Theban High Priest Nicolas Courjal
Shepherd Alan Oke
Theban woman Lauren Fagan
Créon
Jocaste's brother 		Samuel Youn
Laїos
King of Thebes 		Hubert Francis
Jocaste
His wife 		Sarah Connolly
Tirésias
A blind prophet 		John Tomlinson
Oedipe Johan Reuter
Phorbas
A shepherd, later Corinthian court messenger 		In Sung Sim
Mérope
Queen of Corinth 		Claudia Huckle
Watchman Stefan Kocan
Sphinx Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Antigone
Daughter of Oedipe and Jocaste 		Sophie Bevan
Thésée
King of Athens 		Samuel Dale Johnson
Thebans, Shepherds, Corinthians, Athenians, Eumenides The Royal Opera Chorus

[Members of the Extra Chorus are listed individually in the cast sheet] 		Extra Chorus

[Actors are listed individually in the cast sheet] 		Actors
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Surtitled by: Stewart Spencer
Durations: Acts I and II: 7.20-8.32pm, Acts III and IV: 9.05-10.17pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 8 June 2016 (in Royal Opera House Collections)