Cherubini's Médée

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Euripides'_Medea
gptkbp:character gptkb:Jason
gptkb:Médée
gptkb:Créon
gptkb:Dircé
gptkb:Néris
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Luigi_Cherubini
gptkbp:duration about 2.5 hours
gptkbp:genre tragédie lyrique
gptkbp:historicalSignificance influential in French opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cherubini's Médée
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Beethoven
gptkb:Berlioz
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:François-Benoît_Hoffmann
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:De_nos_enfants
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:Tullio_Serafin
gptkb:Riccardo_Muti
gptkbp:notableFeature later versions with recitatives
spoken dialogue (original version)
gptkbp:notableFor original French version rarely performed until late 20th century
gptkbp:notableLibretto gptkb:François-Benoît_Hoffmann
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Magda_Olivero
gptkb:Tullio_Serafin
Maria Callas
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Pasolini_film_adaptation,_1969_(inspired_by_the_opera)
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:1953_Florence_recording_with_Maria_Callas
gptkb:1967_La_Scala_recording_with_Gwyneth_Jones
gptkb:1997_EMI_recording_with_Maria_Callas_(remastered)
gptkb:2017_Opera_Rara_recording_(French_version)
gptkbp:notableRoleDebut gptkb:Maria_Callas,_Florence,_1953
Leonard Bernstein, Vienna, 1954
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:orchestration classical orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1797-03-13
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Théâtre_Feydeau,_Paris
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Breitkopf_&_Härtel
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_2022
La Scala, 1953
20th century, especially with Maria Callas
Dallas Opera, 1958
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Corinth,_Ancient_Greece
gptkbp:subject myth of Medea
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Théâtre_de_l'Académie_Royale_de_Musique,_Paris
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7