episode
Oedipus Rex
Director: Julie Taymor
Year: 1993
Season: 21, Episode: 15
Episodes: 809
Plot: A son is born to a young couple. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes the baby into the desert to be abandoned. The child is rescued, named Oedipus by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth and raised as their own son. When Oedipus learns of a prophecy foretelling that he will kill his father and marry his mother, he leaves Corinth believing that Polybus and Merope are his true parents.—Ulf Kjell Gür
Original Title:
Oedipus Rex
Director:
Julie Taymor
Writer:
Kazuko Matsuoka
,
Jean Cocteau
,
Sophocles
,
E.E. Cummings
Producer:
Tetsuya Oguri
,
Daniel Anker
,
Peter Gelb
,
Pat Jaffe
,
Laura Mitgang
Type: episode
Year: 1993
Genres: Music, Musical
Cast:
Kazue Suzuki
,
Katerina Bakatsaki
,
Toyosaburo Hanayagi
,
Hisako Horikawa
,
Asako Hotta
,
Yayoe Inage
,
Hanako Kitazawa
,
Kayo Ohmori
,
Mun Cho Su
,
Hikari Sumi
,
Yumiko Tobe
,
Miwako Tomozawa
,
Michael Curry
,
Kan Minee
,
Alain Pelletier
,
Yasumi Sato
,
Michio Tatara
,
Frank Van De Ven
,
Hiroko Kato
,
Philip Langridge
,
Jessye Norman
,
Min Tanaka
,
Bryn Terfel
,
Harry Peeters
,
Robert Swensen
,
Kayoko Shiraishi
Runtimes:
58
Countries:
United Kingdom
,
Japan
Languages:
Latin
,
Japanese
Color Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Original Air Date: 01 May 1993
Rating: 8.2
Votes: 155
Year: 1993
Akas:
Ozawa Seiji Special: Saitou Kinen Festival Matsumoto - Opera-Oratorio 'Edipusu-Ou' Stravinsky sakkyoku (Japan)
Production Companies:
Philips
,
Channel 4 Television Corporation
,
NHK
,
Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto
,
Nederlandse Omroepstichting
,
Österreichischer Rundfunk
,
Sianel 4 Cymru
,
Thirteen / WNET
,
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
,
Cami Video
,
KQED
Distributors:
NHK
,
Philips
,
Great Performances
,
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Cinematographer:
Bobby Bukowski
Producer:
Tetsuya Oguri
,
Daniel Anker
,
Peter Gelb
,
Pat Jaffe
,
Laura Mitgang
Production Manager:
Paul King
Certificates:
United States:TV-G
Editor:
Gary Bradley
,
Julie Taymor
Editorial Department:
Ron Brower
,
Spiro Carras
,
Sarah Durham
Sound Crew:
Job Maarse
,
Masakuzu Akiya
,
Mikio Ozaki
,
Onno Scholtze
,
Jean A. VanVugt
,
Fiona J. Gale
,
Koichi Kanzaki
,
Keiichiro Mori
,
Akira Fukada
,
Ken Hahn
,
Roger Phenix
Music Department:
Shin Sekiya
,
Saito Kinen Orchestra
,
Tokyo Opera Singers
,
Shin-yu Kai Gasshoudan
,
Seiji Ozawa
,
Igor Stravinsky
Miscellaneous Crew:
Katherine Profeta
,
Ashley Hoppin
,
Michael Curry
,
Suzushi Hanayagi
,
Atsushi Moriyasu
,
Shogo Omori
,
Carol Smedvig
,
Kazuhiro Tsuchida
,
Iwako Yukari
,
Yasuhara Abe
,
Leo Iizuka
,
Yumiko Murakami
,
Wouter Natler
,
Shelley Noble
,
Chie Ogata
,
Tetsuji Sakai
,
Stephen Pickover
,
William Bernell
,
Tomoko Hayashi
,
Bernadette Horgan
,
Janie Mauro
,
Alexandra Posen
,
Dan Saunders
,
David Johnson
,
Matthew Brooks
,
Sonya Friedman
,
Ichirô Fujita
,
Nelson Lowry
,
Eric Renschler
,
Kayo Sakurai
,
Michael Steckler
,
Julie Taymor
,
Mari Tobita
,
Amy Weiner
Thanks:
Soichi Komatsu
Other Companies:
Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto
,
Manhattan Transfer
,
Sync Sound
,
Immaculate Matching
,
Boosey & Hawkes
,
Foy
,
Showtech Inc.
,
Saito Kinen Foundation
,
Nagano Prefecture/Matsumoto City
,
Seiko Epson Corporation
,
The Hachijuni Bank Ltd.
,
Haseko Corporation
,
The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun Alpico Group
,
Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
,
Rohm Music Foundation
,
1992 Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto Executive Committee
,
All Nippon Airways Co.
Costume Designer:
Emi Wada
Make Up:
Denis Menendez
,
Reiko Kruk
Assistant Director:
Catherine Grennan
,
James Okamura
,
James T. Okumura
Camera and Electrical Department:
Christopher Frymann
,
Hideki Tateno
,
Makoto Hagu
,
Fumisada Kaneshiro
,
Mitsuro Maeda
,
Junji Aoki
,
Takuo Hayashi
,
Takashi Mikami
,
Keishi Miura
,
Isamu Morita
,
Masayoshi Ohta
,
Keisuke Oishi
,
Kazuotoshi Yoshida
,
Paul Candrilli
,
Jean Kalman
,
Michael J. Latino
,
Don Lenzer
,
James McCalmont
,
Charlie McNamara
,
Eric Schmidt
,
Chris Squires
,
Duffy Taylor
,
Jeff Taylor
Costume Department:
Etsuko Handa
,
Akemi Morisaki
Production Design:
George Tsypin
Special Effects:
Nelson Lowry
Season: 21
Episode: 15
Number of Episodes: 809
Episode of:
Oedipus Rex