Médée | Christophe Rousset & Krzysztof Warlikowski | La Monnaie 2011 (DVD & Blu-ray trailer)

Three years after the creation of Médée, Krzysztof Warlikowski and Christophe Rousset were together again at La Monnaie for the revival of one memorable production whose staging reinforces the violence, tension and cruelty of this tragedy. Available on DVD & Blu-ray ! Check out on Amazon : Learn more on website : Subscribe to BelAir Classiques : Follow on Facebook : Follow on Twitter : Follow on Instagram : Whilst this work by Cherubini is considered part of the ‘opéra-comique’ genre, it is only due to the presence of spoken dialogue, which has been modernised here in the Polish stage director’s interpretation. Written in 1797, Cherubini’s faithful version of Euripides’ ancient tragedy is one of the most savage and powerful works of the opera repertoire, relating the cruel vengeance of a wounded woman for whom infanticide seems to be the only solution to he