Medea
All performances start al 8:00 pm, except for Sundays and holidays, which are at 7:00 pm
Opéra-comique in three acts. Libretto by François-Benoît Hoffmann, based upon the tragedies by Euripides and Pierre Corneille. Music by Luigi Cherubini. Premiere: Paris, Théâtre Feydeau, 13th March 1797.
Version translated into Italian by Carlo Zangarini, from the German version with sung recitatives composed by Franz Lachner in 1855. Premiere: Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 30th December 1909.
Conductor Video creation Neris Glauce Creonte Giasone
Zubin Mehta
Stage direction and Set design
Gerardo Vera
Costume design and Set design assistant
Alejandro Andújar
Set design
Juan Gómez Cornejo
Álvaro Luna
Medea
Violeta Urmana
María José Montiel
Ofelia Sala
Dmitri Beloselski
Sergey Skorokhodov
Head of the Guard
Leonard Bernad*
First handmaiden
Brigitta Simon*
Second handmaiden
Hagar Sharvit*
*Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
New production
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía
12th, 17th, 21st, 24th June 2012
Sala Principal
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