Essay based on Sravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” Directed By: Julie Taymor

Assignment: Write an essay responding to this question: Treating this production of Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” as a “visual” experience, how does the director Julie Taymor connect the very different elements of the work – actors, singers, dancers, puppets, Japanese ·theater techniques, and Western theater tradition to tell all the various stories involved?

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