The Infernal Machine

About the show

The Voice recounts the prophecy and events leading to Oedipus's marriage to his mother. Across four acts, the ghost of Laius fails to warn the soldiers, the Sphinx reveals the answer to her riddle, and Oedipus and Jocasta marry. News of Oedipus's adoption exposes his parentage; Jocasta dies by suicide and Oedipus blinds himself.