A woman scorned
Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Thomas Corneille’s Médée is a monument of the 17th century French baroque lyric tragedy.
39 pieces since 2006 — in 6 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Médée — stats above show all coverage for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
View allMarc-Antoine Charpentier and Thomas Corneille’s Médée is a monument of the 17th century French baroque lyric tragedy.
Two short theatrical works and one sacred piece from the beguiling oeuvre of the guy who didn’t write Louise
Trove Thursday celebrates Pride with a Bible-based homoerotic sort-of opera not by the guy who wrote “Depuis le jour”: Charpentier’s David et Jonathas with Mark Padmore, Laurent Naouri and Jaël Azzaretti led by Emmanuelle Haïm.
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