# San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, June 12, 2022

[San Francisco Symphony](https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2021-22/STRAVINSKY-S-OEDIPUS-REX) presents Peter Sellars' staging of the 1948 revisions of Stravinsky's _Oedipus Rex_ & _Symphony of Psalms_, featuring [J'Nai Bridges](https://jnaibridgesmezzo.com/), [Laurel Jenkins](http://laureljenkins.com/), [Breezy Leigh](http://breezyleigh.com/), [Sean Panikkar](https://seanpanikkar.com/), [Jose Simerilla Romero](https://www.josesimerillaromero.com/), & [Willard White](https://www.intermusica.co.uk/artist/Sir-Willard-White)  
[Davies Symphony Hall](http://www.sfsymphony.org)  
[201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=201+Van+Ness,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
2:00 PM, Sunday, June 12, 2022

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## Tentative Program

* Igor Stravinsky: _Oedipus Rex_ [semi-staged];
* Igor Stravinsky: _Symphony of Psalms_ [semi-staged] 

## Set One: Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex

[2:05 PM] {pre-recorded announcements}  
[2:06 PM] {enter EPS}

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971): _Oedipus Rex_ (1948 revision)

01. [2:06 PM] Antigone: opening speech
02. [2:08 PM] (begin music)  
{As detailed notes weren't provided, I didn't try to track the performance}  
[3:12 PM] {work ends; applause & bows; curtain call with Peter Sellars}  
[3:13 PM] {set break}

## Set Two: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

[3:36 PM] {lights down; tuning}

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (1948 revision)

01. [3:37 PM] Prelude (Psalm 38:13-14)
02. [3:47 PM] Double Fugue (Psalm 39:2-4)
03. [3:56 PM] Alleluia (Psalm 150)  
[4:09 PM] {show ends}

## Performers

### San Francisco Symphony

[San Francisco Symphony & Chorus](http://www.sfsymphony.org)

* [Esa-Pekka Salonen](http://www.esapekkasalonen.com/): conductor, music director;
* Andrew Whitfield: guest choral director;
* symphony members vary by program;
 see [the current list](http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors).

### Soloists

* [J'Nai Bridges](https://jnaibridgesmezzo.com/): mezzo-soprano vox, as _Jocasta_, mother/wife of _Oedipus_;
* [Laurel Jenkins](http://laureljenkins.com/): dancer, as _Ismene_, a daughter of _Oedipus_ & _Jocasta_;
* [Breezy Leigh](http://breezyleigh.com/): actress, as _Antigone_, a daughter of _Oedipus_ & _Jocasta_;
* [Sean Panikkar](https://seanpanikkar.com/): tenor vox, as _Oedipus_;
* [Jose Simerilla Romero](https://www.josesimerillaromero.com/): tenor vox, as _shepherd_;
* [Willard White](https://www.intermusica.co.uk/artist/Sir-Willard-White): bass-baritone vox as _Creon_, brother of _Jocasta_; _messenger_; and _Tiresias_, blind prophet of Apollo.

## Notes

It's a laugh to see a credit for costume design when the primary characters all appeared in various iterations of casual modern dress. I don't get the artistic impulse there -- how does that choice help the storyline or message in any way?

Likewise, why should the stage-dressing for Oedipus consist of various proto-African thrones and heraldic sculptures? Shouldn't that choice be consistent with the costuming?

{{:wip.png?nolink}}  **Whoa!**  This section is incomplete for now, sorry! {{:wip.png?nolink}}

[Program Notes](https://sfsymphony.encoreplus.app/posts/106678/0610-oedipus-rex) or {{:2022:2022-06:20220612pn.pdf|program notes}}

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