Name: Médée
Start: 2023-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

Organization

The Abu Dhabi Festival

Conductor

Ivor Bolton

Stage director

Paco Azorín

Set designer

Costume designer

Ana Garay

Lighting designer

Pedro Yagüe

Video designer

Pedro Chamizo

Choreographer

Carlos Martos

Chorus master

José Luis Basso

Singer

Soprano

Maria Agresta

Medea

Saioa Hernández

Maria Pia Piscitelli

Tenor

Enea Scala

Giasone

Francesco Demuro

Bass

Jongmin Park

King Creon

Sara Blanch

Glauke

Marina Monzó

Contralto

Nancy Fabiola Herrera

Neris

Silvia Tro Santafé

Mercedes Gancedo

1. Handmaiden

Alexandra Urquiola

2. Handmaiden

Michael Mofidian

Teatro Real de Madrid

Others

Coro Intermezzo

Orchestra

Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid

Médée -  (Medea)

Madrid

Spain

Teatro Real

Sala Principal

Médée

Public

Private

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

La temporada se inaugura con la obra maestra del genio Cherubini. Trágica y arrebatadora, Medea es mayormente conocida por las históricas interpretaciones de Maria Callas, artista a quien esta producción estará dedicada por el centenario de su nacimiento. La esperada nueva dirección escénica de Paco Azorín junto con las voces de Maria Agresta, Saioa Hernández y Nancy Fabiola Herrera, explorará aspectos dramáticos del libreto, como la violencia vicaria o el abandono. 

La inmolación de Medea en el templo abrasada por la furia vengadora de las llamas constituye uno de los momentos más sobrecogedores y visionarios de la historia de la ópera. Así lo reconoció Wagner —admirador confeso de esta obra— al replicarla al cierre de su monumental Ocaso de los dioses, y así lo reconoció también Maria Callas, quien con su inigualable talento dramático convirtió este casi olvidado título en uno de los más personales jalones de su carrera.

El genio de Cherubini reinó en la Francia republicana de la década de 1790 y produjo una honda impresión en el joven Beethoven, aunque, con el cambio de siglo, su nombre se retrajo frente a los de Spontini y Rossini, y se ganó la fama de autor malhumorado y conservador. Noble y majestuosa como una escultura de Canova o un fresco de David, pero internamente sacudida por la arrolladora personalidad de su protagonista, la ópera Medée ofrece insospechadas posibilidades de desarrollo escénico y dramático acorde con «los desvaríos armónicos, las transiciones bárbaras y el cromatismo exagerado » que —de acuerdo con un temprano crítico de la obra— atesora su partitura.

En homenaje a Maria Callas (1923-2023) por el centenario de su nacimiento

Edición crítica de Heiko Cullmann a partir de la edición original francesa, con recitativos cantados a cargo de Alan Curtis.
Asesoramiento histórico-mitológico: Pedro Sáenz Almeida

español

The season opens with the masterpiece of the genius Cherubini. Tragic and rapturous, Medea is best known for the historic interpretations of Maria Callas, to whom this production will be dedicated on the centenary of her birth. The eagerly awaited new stage direction by Paco Azorín, together with the voices of Maria Agresta, Saioa Hernández and Nancy Fabiola Herrera, will explore dramatic aspects of the libretto, such as vicarious violence and abandonment.

The immolation of Medea in the temple, blazing in the revenging fury of flames, constitutes one of the most startling and visionary moments in the history of opera. Wagner, who was a great admirer of the opera, acknowledged this moment in the finale of his monumental Twilight of the Gods.  As for Maria Callas and her unsurpassed dramatic talent, she took this largely forgotten title and made it one of the most personal hallmarks of her entire career.

The genius of Cherubini reigned in Republican France in the 1790s decade, making a profound impression on the young Beethoven. Nonetheless, by the turn of the century, his name retracted in favour of Spontini and Rossini, and his reputation became one of a bad tempered and conservative composer. Noble and majestic as a sculpture by Canova or a fresco by David, but deeply affected by the overwhelming personality of its protagonist, the opera Médée offers undreamed of possibilities for scenic and dramatic development in accordance with the “ harmonic delirium, barbaric transitions and exaggerated chromaticism” which -  in the view of  an early  review of the work – are found in its score.

Historical - Mythological advice: Pedro Sáenz Almeida

Critical edition by Heiko Cullmann based on the original French edition, with Alan Curtis responsible for the sung recitatives

A tribute to Maria Callas (1923-2023) on the centenary of her birth

Under 35’s Gala performance, 16 September, 7 p.m.

English

Medea by Cherubini, fim 28 sep 2023, Frá (2023/2023), Leikstýrt af Paco Azorín,, Hljómsveitarstjóri Ivor Bolton, Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

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