Name: Médée
Start: 2024-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

Organization

Conductor

William Christie

Stage director

Marie Lambert-Le Bihan

Soprano

Véronique Gens

Médée

Lucía Martín-Cartón

Amour

Emmanuelle de Negri

Nérine

Tenor

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Jason

Bass-baritone

Lisandro Abadie

Arcas

Cyril Costanzo

Créon

Marc Mauillon

Oronte

Ana Vieira Leite

Créuse

Elodie Fonnard

Cléone

1ère captive

Singer

Mariasole Mainini

2ème captive

1er fantôme

Virginie Thomas

2ème fantôme

Igor Bouin

La vengeance

Bastien Rimondi

La Jalousie

Juliette Perret

Three Prisioners of the Love

Julia Wischniewski

David Tricou

Clément Debieuvre

A Prisioner of the Love

Maud Gnidzaz

Choir of Three Voices

Alice Gregorio

Matthieu Walendzik

An Argium

Teatro Real de Madrid

Les Arts Florissants

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Fiammetta Baldiserri

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Médée -  (Medea)

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Medea

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Médée Charpentier, M.

Charpentier's Medea, the second of the season after Cherubini's opener, is one of the most attractive French baroque operas and a testament to the composer's mastery of the genre. It comes from the Gallic star duo Veronique Gens and Laurent Naouri, with vivid characters, intense emotions and very powerful vocal writing. This opera became a commercial and critical success that lasted only a few months, after which it remained almost 300 years without ever being performed on another stage.  

A shared characteristic between all the Medeas is that the opera requires a protagonist of enormous vocal and theatrical talent. The Medée by Marc-Antoine Charpentier is no exception to this rule, although it must be said, – in contrast to the heroine in Cherubini, a century later– the    crowning moment takes place in the middle of the opera, when, emulating her predecessor, Armide, the furies of the underworld are called upon to support her in the terrible revenge.

The shadow of Lully is relentless throughout the only opera composed by Charpentier. It premiered quite unceremoniously at the Académie Royale de Musique in 1693, precisely because of the nostalgic and revered patriarchy of French music who felt disdain towards their presumed successors, especially if their music showed some sort of approval of the Italian style.  The recovery of the work in modern times –accelerated by the pioneer recording directed by Nadia Boulanger in 1952– has made it, on the contrary, one of the most appreciated artistic prizes of French opera from the era of the Sun King.

Cast

Médée: Véronique Gens

Nerine: Emmanuelle de Negri

Jason: Reinoud van Mechelen

Arcas: Lisandro Abadie

Créon: Cyril Costanzo

Oronte: Marc Mauillon

Créuse/First ghost: Ana Vieira Leite

Cléone: Élodie Fonnard

Love/First prisioner: Lucía Martín-Cartón

First Corinthian/demon: David Tricou

A Corinthian/Envy: Bastien Rimondi

An argium: Matthieu Walendzik

Italian/Second prisioner: Mariasole Mainini

A prisoner of love: Clément Debieuvre

Chorus of three prisoners of love: Juliette Perret, Julia Wischniewski, David Tricou

Revenge: Igor Bouin

Second ghost: Virginie Thomas

Three-part chorus: Maud Gnidzaz, Alice Gregorio, Bastien Rimondi

English

La Medea de Charpentier, la segunda de la temporada después de la inaugural de Cherubini, es una de las óperas barrocas francesas más atractivas y un testimonio de la maestría del compositor en el género. Viene de la mano del dúo de estrellas galas Veronique Gens y Laurent Naouri, con vívidos personajes, intensas emociones y una muy poderosa escritura vocal. Esta ópera se convirtió en un éxito comercial y de crítica que tan solo duró unos meses, tras los que después estuvo casi 300 años sin apenas subirse a otro escenario.  

Una característica común a toda las Medeas operísticas es que requieren una protagonista de un enorme calibre vocal y teatral. La Medea de Marc-Antoine Charpentier no es ninguna excepción a esta regla, bien que –a diferencia de la de Cherubini, de un siglo después– su momento cumbre tiene lugar a mitad de la ópera, cuando, emulando a su antecesora, Armide, invoca las furias del inframundo para que la secunden en su terrible venganza.

La sombra de Lully se extiende implacable sobre la única ópera de Charpentier que, estrenada en la Académie Royale de Musique en 1693, pasó sin pena ni gloria precisamente por el desprecio que los nostálgicos del reverenciado patriarca de la música francesa mostraron hacia sus presuntos sucesores, más aún si su música mostraba algún tipo de aquiescencia con el estilo italiano. Su recuperación en tiempos modernos –acelerada tras el pionero registro fonográfico dirigido por Nadia Boulanger en 1952– la ha convertido, por el contrario, en uno de los botines artísticos más apreciados de la ópera francesa de la era del Rey Sol.

Reparto 

Médée: Véronique Gens

Nerine: Emmanuelle de Negri

Jason: Reinoud van Mechelen

Arcas: Lisandro Abadie

Créon: Cyril Costanzo

Oronte: Marc Mauillon

Créuse/Primer fantasma: Ana Vieira Leite

Cléone: Élodie Fonnard

El amor/Primer prisionero: Lucía Martín-Cartón

Primer corintio/demonio: David Tricou

Un corintio/La envidia: Bastien Rimondi

Un argio: Matthieu Walendzik

El italiano/Segundo prisionero: Mariasole Mainini

Un prisionero del amor: Clément Debieuvre

Coro de tres prisioneros del amor: Juliette Perret, Julia Wischniewski, David Tricou

La venganza: Igor Bouin

Segundo fantasma: Virginie Thomas

Coro a tres voces: Maud Gnidzaz, Alice Gregorio, Bastien Rimondi

español

Medea by Charpentier, M., Dg. 09 Juny 2024, De (2024/2024), Dirigit per Marie Lambert-Le Bihan,, Director musical William Christie, Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

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