JOCASTA'S LINE

25.11.2025

JOCASTA'S LINE (2025) An opera ballet in two parts Part 1: Son  From Oedipus Rex music composed by Igor Stravinsky Text  by Jean Cocteau  Part 2: Daughter From Antigone music composed by Samy Moussa Text by Samy Moussa Norwegian National Opera Orchestra     Norwegian National Opera Chorus Norwegian National Ballet Director Wayne McGregor Conductor Charlotte Politi Sets and costumes Vicki Mortimer Lights Lucy Carter Choreography Wayne McGregor Video Akhila Krishnan Filmed live at Operahuset i Oslo on 03.10.2025 Available until 21.05.2026

Jocasta's Line © Erik Berg

 

CAST

Orchestra
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Chorus
Norwegian National Opera Chorus

Ballet
Norwegian National Ballet

Director
Wayne McGregor

Conductor
Charlotte Politi

Sets and costumes
Vicki Mortimer

Lights
Lucy Carter

Choreography
Wayne McGregor

Video
Akhila Krishnan

Part 1: Son 

King Oedipus
Paul Appleby

Jocasta
Dame Sarah Connolly

Creon
Michael Mofidian

Tiresias
Rafal Siwek

Messenger
Jens-Erik Aasbø

Shepherd
Magnus Staveland

Narrator
Ben Whishaw

Background music
Zoviet France: In.Version

Numen figures
Alberto Ballester
Mattias Ekholm
Dmytro Litvinov
Simon McNally
Mathias Tannæs
Marco Pagetti
Louka Do Vale
Giuseppe Ventura
Joakim Visnes
Kenji Wilkie

Tiresias’ Entourage
Martin Dauchez

Jocasta, Funeral
Gina Storm-Jensen

Antigone
Grete Borud Nybakken

Music
Igor Stravinsky

Text
Jean Cocteau

Part 2: Daughter

Dancers
Grete Borud Nybakken
Anaïs Touret
Melissa Hough
Hana Nonaka Aillon
Natasha Dale
Taeryeong Kim
Astrid Lyngstad
Tsukino Tanaka
Ricardo Castellanos
Douwe Dekkers
Vasilii Tkachenko
Martin Dauchez
Jonathan Olofsson
Dmytro Litvinov

Music
Samy Moussa

Text
Samy Moussa