Rehearsals for Médée have begun!

The Opéra-Comique is getting ready to welcome Médée, Luigi Cherubini's deeply moving masterpiece, reinterpreted by musical director Laurence Equilbey and stage director Marie-Ève Signeyrole. The artists are working intensively to bring this new production to life, which will return to the origins of the myth from 8 to 16 February 2025 on the stage of the Salle Favart. In the meantime, immerse yourself in the captivating atmosphere of the rehearsals through these never-before-seen images!

Published on 21 January 2025

Le petit théâtre (rehearsal room)

Les répétitions de Médée au petit théâtre (2025) © Stefan Brion

Les répétitions de Médée © Stefan Brion — Les répétitions de Médée au petit théâtre (2025) © Stefan Brion

Comic opera by Luigi Cherubini in three acts. Libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman. First performed on 13 March 1797 at the Théâtre Feydeau. New production.

Cast

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 the Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique - Orchestra, Insula orchestra - Chorus, accentus

2h40, including intermission - Salle Favart

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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Rehearsals for Médée have begun!

Le petit théâtre (rehearsal room)

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