What is Médée?
{{italictitle}} '''''Médée''''' is a [[France|French]] [[opera]] in three acts. [[Luigi Cherubini]] wrote the music. The [[libretto]] is by François-Benoît Hoffmann (Nicolas Étienne Framéry). It is based on [[Euripides]]' tragedy of Medea and on [[Pierre Corneille]]'s play ''Médée''. It was first performed in [[Paris]] on 13 March 1797. The [[Italy|Italian]] version by Carlo Zangarini was performed in [[Milan]] on 30 December 1909. The opera is Cherubini's most successful work. It was revived in 1953 for Maria Callas. ==Principal characters== * Medea (Médée) - [[soprano]] * Glauce (Dircé) - soprano * Giasone (Jason) - [[tenor]] * Neris (Néris) - [[mezzo-soprano]] * Creonte (Créon) - [[bass (vocal range)|bass]] ==Discography== ===Original French Version=== * 1995: Iano Tamar (Médée), Patrizia Ciofi (Dircé), Luca Lombardo (Jason), Magali Damonte (Néris), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Créon); Coro da Camera Sluk, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Opera, Patrick Fournillier - (Nuova Era) * 1997: Phyllis Treigle (Médée), Thaïs St Julien (Dircé), Carl Halvorson (Jason), D'Anna Fortunato (Néris), David Arnold (Créon); Chorus Quotannis, Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Bart Folse - (Newport Classic) ===Lachner version, in Italian translation by Zangarini=== * 1953: [[Maria Callas]] (Medea), Maria Luisa Nache (Glauce), Gino Penno (Giasone), Fedora Barbieri (Neris), Giuseppe Modesti (Creonte); Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, [[Leonard Bernstein]] - (EMI Classics) * 1957: Maria Callas (Medea), [[Renata Scotto]] (Glauce), Mirto Picchi (Giasone), Miriam Pirazzini (Neris), Giuseppe Modesti (Creonte); Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin - (EMI Classics) * 1967: Gwyneth Jones (Medea), Pilar Lorengar (Glauce), Bruno Prevedi (Giasone), Fiorenza Cossotto (Neris), Justino Díaz (Creonte); Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Lamberto Gardelli - (Decca) {{DEFAULTSORT:Medee}} [[Category:1790s operas]] [[Category:1797]]