Alternate Title BAM Opera: Médée
Production Language French
Country of Origin France
Description Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Médée, originally written for the Académie Royale de Musique, recasts the Medea myth in honor of King Louis XIV, who commissioned the original production. One of Charpentier’s last operas, it was well received at its premiere. New York Times stated that Les Arts Florissants’ production “has arranged horror into neat little rows of melody and harmony, therefore rescuing us from it.”
Identifier 1994s.00555
