Médée
Luigi Cherubini
One of the most ardent Romantic figures imagined by Cherubini.
Dates
Marina Rebeka | Médée
Julien Behr | Jason
Mélissa Petit | Dircé
Tassis Christoyannis | Créon
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur | Néris
Hélène Carpentier | First handmaiden of Dircé
Margaux Poguet | Second handmaiden of Dircé
Le Concert de la Loge
Julien Chauvin | direction
Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles | direction Fabien Armengaud
About
Cherubini makes a foray into Romanticism in a style reminiscent of the Sturm und Drang of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and the nobility of Gluck, late Mozart, and premonitions of Berlioz. Medea, who has fascinated poets, painters and musicians since time immemorial, is an extraordinary figure. Callas took up the challenge and revived the popularity of a work which has charmed some of the finest performers. Marina Rebeka is assuredly one of these greats.
Coproduction Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française | Centre de musique baroque de Versailles | Concert de la Loge