King Laïos of Thebes is haunted by a terrible curse. The Oracle of Delphi predicted that his firstborn would kill him and marry his own mother Jocasta. Out of fear, Laïos commands a shepherd to kill the child right after its birth.
PREMIERE 16 July 2025 – 7.30 p.m.
DURATION 3 hours (with one intermission)
Tragédie lyrique in four acts and six scenes (1936)
Libretto by Edmond Fleg, partly after Sophocles’ tragedies Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus
