Photographer: Probably Liana BURGESS.
Burgess (lighting cigarette), Stanley Silverman and two others, probably at the concert performance of King Oedipus, for Speaker, Chorus, and Orchestra, at the Whitney Museum in New York.
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- Dates of Creation1973
- Physical Description1 photographic print. Dimensions (inches): 7x5. [Black and white] Photograph
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Michael Langham, Artistic Director at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota commissioned Burgess to write a new English translation of Sophocles' play, Oedipus the King, in 1972. The production opened at the Guthrie Theater on 24 October 1972, with text adapted by Burgess and a score by Stanley Silverman. After Oedipus the King opened, Burgess and Silverman adapted the script and music for concert performance as King Oedipus, for Speaker, Chorus, and Orchestra. The cantata was presented on 16 May 1973 at the Whitney Museum in New York, with Burgess narrating.
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