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Médée
Medea
Opera in three acts by Luigi Cherubini | Libretto by François-Benoît Hoffmann
In French with surtitles and German dialogue | Co-production with the Opéra de Nice and Theater Erfurt
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Premiere 04.05.2019
Location Großer Saal Musiktheater
Duration 02 hrs. 30 min.
Intermission - One intermission -
Unfortunately, this production is no longer on the schedule
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The ambivalent icon Medea: an accomplice in the robbery of the Golden Fleece from Colchis, consort, and wife of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, castoff, avenger and infanticide. The strength and impact of this figure fascinates to present day, simultaneously arousing irritation as well as empathy. Luigi Cherubini’s opera, Médée, premiered in1797 and is his most renowned work inspired by the classical tragedies of Euripides and Pierre Corneille.
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Credits
Musical directorBruno Weil
Director
Guy Montavon
Stage and costume designs
Annemarie Woods
Dramaturgy
Berthold Warnecke
Lorina Strange
Ira Goldbecher
Choir conductor
Elena Pierini
Second musical director
Marc Reibel
Cast
Martin Achrainer
Dircé, seine Tochter, Jasons Braut
Theresa Grabner
Jason, Anführer der Argonauten
Matjaž Stopinšek
Eduard Martynyuk
Médée, seine verstoßene Gemahlin
Brigitte Geller
Gotho Griesmeier
Néris, ihre Begleiterin
Jessica Eccleston
Erste Frau aus Dircés Gefolge
Margaret Jung Kim
Zweite Frau aus Dircés Gefolge
Yoon Mi Kim-Ernst
Kinder
Matthias Körber
Raphael Naveau
Nepomuk Pichler
Lars Schuster
Chor des Landestheaters Linz
Statisterie des Landestheaters Linz
Bruckner Orchester Linz