Oedipe à Cologne - Antonio Sacchini
Information about the opera Oedipe à Cologne by Antonio Sacchini, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
Based on Oedipus at Colonus, the second part of the trilogy of Greek tragedies by Sophocles, it was considered an inspired work by Berlioz.
Recommended recordings on CD
Brown/Loup/Paulin (Naxos 8.660196-97)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Ryan Brown, 2005.
Cast: François Loup (Oedipe), Nathalie Paulin (Antigone), Robert Getchell (Polinice), Tony Boutté (Thésée), Kirsten Blaise (Eriphile).
Naxos 8.660196-97