Oedipus Rex
Oedipus, King of Thebes
Shengzhi Ren
Jocasta, his Wife & Mother
Kitty Whately
Creon, Jocasta’s brother
Roland Wood
Tiresias, soothsayer
Callum Thorpe
Shepherd
Seumas Begg
Messenger
Emyr Wyn Jones
Speaker
Wendy Seager
Gods: Samuel Alberti, Ines Alberty, Fiona Allen, Sara Baumert Eileen Henry, Joe Kelly, Charlie Walton, and Rachael Wood
Conductor
Stuart Stratford
Director
Roxana Haines
Designer
Anna Orton
Lighting Designer
Robert B Dickson
Choreographer
Alex McCabe
Associate Designer
Ailsa Munro
Assistant Choreographer
Riccardo Olivier
Professional chorus:
Rachael Brimley, Rachel Hynes, Emily Mitchell, Sarah Power and Monica Toll
Heather Ireson, Fiona Joice, Jane Monari, Sarah Shorter and Alexandra Tiffin
Eden Devaney, Matthew Kimble, Declan McCusker, Christian Schneeberger, Connor James Smith and Cal Swainson
Paul Anwyl, Francis Church, Timothy Edmundson, Jonathan Forbes Kennedy, Phil Gault, Douglas Nairne and Jonathan Sedgwick
Community chorus:
Norma Aldred, Tom Allan, Robbie Allen, Morven Allison, Roisin Ash, Morag Bain, Lucy Barclay, Laura Bennison, Angela Bentley, Mitchum Bock, Becky Brazil, Neil Campbell, Julie Carmichael, Iain Cartwright, Loni Chambers, Caz Cockburn, Moya Cove, Jan Craigen, Sarah Culbertson, Jessica Davidson, Nelly Desingue, Sheila Dickson, Linda Entwistle, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Marion Flett, Katy Gray, Joachim Greiling, Anne Higgins
Fiona Jack, Fiona Keay, Isobel Kinghorn, Ronnie Lamont, Steph Land, Susan Langridge, Francesca Latif, Alison Leask, Bob Leslie, Philip Lingard, Andrew Lockyer, Cerys MacGillivray, Anne Mackay, Morag Mackenzie-Fairley, Elly MacLeod, Rosie Magee, Madeleine Martin, Len McCaffer, Kerry-Ann McCormick, Morven McElroy, Heather McSharry, Joanna Meiklejohn, Debbie O'Connor, James O'Neil, Barbara Orton, Barbara Quigley, Stella Rice, Jac Ross, Lianne Swadel, Eileen Taylor, Ray Thomson, Kate Toft, Paul Towning, Claire Turnbull, Kath Vass, Helena Ward, Mark Watson, Jane Whitaker, Lesley Wilkinson, Brenda Wilson
The making of Oedipus Rex
Building on a well-honed model of 5-star community opera, Scottish Opera present a promenade performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. The National Museum’s awe-inspiring Grand Gallery is a spectacular setting for a night of classical drama, exceptional vocal performances and moving orchestral music. Hear Roxana talk about the story behind making this epic immersive, site-specific project.