Word: oedipus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Preparations for the Symphony Hall production of "King David" are rapidly nearing completion with rehearsals in Symphony Hall with M. Serge Koussevitsky, and the Boston Symphony orchestra. As in "Oedipus Rex", the University Glee Club, trained by Professor A. T. Davison '06, will take the part of the chorus. The Radcliffe Choral Society will aid in supporting the soloists who are to sing in the opera...
...soloists who will appear with the combined clubs will be Ethyl Hayden, soprano, and Tudor Davies, tenor. The narrator, who takes a part similar to that in "Oedipus Rex" will be Paul Leyssac of Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre in New York, who was the narrator in M. Koussevirzky's production of that opera oratorio...
...first American presentation of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" will take place in Symphony Hall this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The second performance will be tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. The program will be under the leadership of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. Arthur Hackett, tenor, and Marguerite Matzenauer of the Metropolitan Opera Company will be supported by the University Glee Club which, upon invitation, has taken the part of the chorus...
According to Professor A. T. Davison '06, "Oedipus Rex" is one of the most difficult of Stravinsky's later works. Because of the extreme difficulty in producing this opera for the first time in this country, the concert promises to be genuinely, unique. Critics and music lovers from many cities of the East have signified their intention of attending the performance...
...Friday, February 24, and on Saturday, February 25, the Harvard Glee Club, along with the Symphony Orchestra, will give "Oedipus Rex", the oratorio by Stravinsky. This is the first time it has ever been sung in America. On April 1, the Glee Club, again in concert with the Symphony Orchestra, will give Arthur Honegger's "King David." To both these concerts noted critics from New York and Washington have signified their intention of coming...