Médée in pictures

Since Saturday, Médée has been setting the Opéra-Comique on fire. Under the musical direction of Laurence Equilbey and the audacious staging of Marie-Ève Signeyrole, this new production revisits Cherubini's masterpiece by delving into the roots of the myth. Discover this moving tragedy in pictures!

Published on 8 February 2025

Comic Opera in three Acts. Libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman. Created on 13th March 1797 at the Théâtre Feydeau.

Médée © Stefan Brion — *Médée* (2025) © Stefan Brion

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Musical direction, Laurence Equilbey • Stage direction, Marie-Ève Signeyrole • With Joyce El-Khoury, Julien Behr, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Lila Dufy, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, soloists from the Académie, children from Maîtrise Populaire of the Opéra-Comique • Orchestra, Insula orchestra • Choir, accentus

2h45, including intermission

Médée

Luigi Cherubini

February 08 to 16, 2025

The Opéra-Comique invites Laurence Equilbey and Marie- Ève Signeyrole to seize the opportunity of this « dramatic music summit » – dixit Brahms – to create the tragic setting and dialectic for Joyce El-Khoury’s Médée. How does one approach this femme fatale archetype in the twenty-first century? Laurence Equilbey and Marie-Éve Signeyrole certainly honoured her.

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