George Enescu, Œdipe: A Conductor’s View
George Enescu, Œdipe: A Conductor’s View

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims at looking, from a performer-conductor’s point of view, at the structure of George Enescu’s Œdipe. Respecting the division in acts, tableaux, and scenes as found in the manuscript facsimile score held by Editura Muzicală, this analysis is also an attempt to read the work’s internal logic based on Edmond Fleg’s libretto. Identifying and following the major dramaturgical and musical threads was the main criteria in selecting and grouping into semantic units the elements considered relevant. For the sake of conciseness, the analysis of each act proposes a table of the respective act’s schematic presentation, while its subsequent discussion hopes to offer the necessary hermeneutical explanations.

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