Oedipus rex is an "Opera-oratorio after Sophocles" by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus. The libretto, based on Sophocles's tragedy, was written by Jean Cocteau in French and then translated by Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin; the narration, however, is performed in the language of the audience.

Librettist Jean Cocteau and Abbé Jean Daniélou (based on Sophocles's tragedy)
Date of composition 1927
Premiered 1927, May 30th (Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt (Théâtre de la Ville)) in Paris, France
Type Oratorio
Approx. duration 50 minutes
Spoken language Latin
Instruments Voice (Tenor) - Oedipus, roi de Thèbes (king of Thebes)
Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Jocasta, Oedipus mère et femme (Oedipus's wife and mother)
Voice (Bass-Baritone) - Creon, frère de Jocaste (Jocasta's brother)
Voice (Bass) - Tiresias, devin (soothsayer)
Voice (Tenor) - Le berge (Shepherd)
Voice (Bass-Baritone) - Le messager (Messenger)
Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Le narrateur (Narrator)
Male Chorus - le peuple, (Men's chorus)
Autotranslations beta Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex
Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Oedipus rex
Igor Strawinsky: Oedipus rex