Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
# Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities

Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities was released in 1990 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by Peter Schickele under his alter-ego of P. D. Q. Bach and won a 1990 Grammy Award for 'Best Comedy Performance'.

## Performers

* Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass
* The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Wayland, conductor
* The Okay Chorale
* Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic
* Pamela South, soprano (Billie Jo Casta)
* Dana Krueger, mezzo-soprano (Madame Peep)
* Frank Kelley (tenor)
* Brice Andrus, horn

## Track listing

* Introduction
* Oedipus Tex, opera/dramatic oratorio, S. 150
   * Prologue: "Tragedy"
   * Recitative: "Well"
   * Aria with chorus: "Howdy there"
   * Recitative: "And it wasn't long"
   * Duet with chorus: "My heart"
   * Recitative: "But"
   * Aria: "You murdered your father"
   * Recitative: "When Billie Jo heard"
   * Aria with chorus: "Goodbye"
   * Recitative: "When Oedipus heard"
   * Chorus and Finale
* Introduction
* Classical Rap, S. 1-2-3
* Introduction
* Knock, Knock, choral cantata, S. 4/1
   * Recitative and chorus: "Knock, knock"
   * Recitative and chorus: "How many psychiatrists"
   * Recitative and chorale: "What is the question?"
   * Recitative and chorus: "So this guy"
* Introduction
* Birthday Ode to "Big Daddy" Bach, S. 100
