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00:01, Wed, Jun 1, 2016 Updated: 22:45, Wed, Jun 1, 2016 Hugely admired and much in demand in his own country as pianist, violinist and conductor, the originality and energy of his compositions was ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Oedipus legend casts a long shadow over theatre and film from Dryden and Voltaire to Cocteau and Pasolini. Opera ...

With Romanian dignitaries in attendance and only two full rehearsals completed, the University’s Sinfonia da Camera production company presented the American premiere of George Enescu’s opera, “Oedipe ...

George Enescu’s sole opera Oedipe is generally acclaimed to be his greatest masterpiece. He originally had the idea for the work in 1910, and immediately started some musical sketches, even though a ...

A new production of this little-heard Romanian piece shows that neglected doesn’t necessarily mean second-rate when it comes to opera. By Alexandra Coghlan In the opening visual sequence of Oedipe, ...

A new production of this little-heard Romanian piece shows that neglected doesn’t necessarily mean second-rate when it comes to opera. By Alexandra Coghlan In the opening visual sequence of Oedipe, ...

15:41, Tue, May 31, 2016 Updated: 15:51, Tue, May 31, 2016 The war intervened, and afterwards the Romanian composer fell into disfavour when the Communist government gained power in Bucharest. Now a ...

An orchestra of 100, two choruses, a staggering 14 soloists and no fewer than three Sophocles plays go into the making of George Enescu’s opera Oedipe. No wonder it took Romania’s national composer 20 ...

Staged by the playwright and director Wajdi Mouawad, Enescu’s opera helps inaugurate a new era for the storied company. By Laura Cappelle PARIS — Ahead of rehearsals for his staging of George Enescu’s ...