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Medea

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned ...
Cherubini's opera about
Jason's wife, rejected for a younger woman and about to lose her children.
Phyllida Lloyd 's new production for Opera North uses the original dialogue in a new English version by Kenneth McLeish. Francois-Benoit Hoffmann's libretto traces the tragedy which ensues when Medea fails to prevent her husband's remarriage to King Creon's daughter, Dirce. As her jealousy reaches fever pitch, she arranges a terrible revenge. Introduced by Piers Burton-Page .
Opera North Chorus English Northern Philharmonia, conductor Paul Daniel
Given last Wednesday at the Grand Theatre, Leeds

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllida Lloyd
Unknown:
Kenneth McLeish.
Unknown:
Benoit Hoffmann
Introduced By:
Piers Burton-Page
Conductor:
Paul Daniel
Medea:
Josephine Barstow (sop)
Dirce:
Nicola Sharkey (sop)
Neris:
Anne Wilkens (mezzo)
Jason:
Thomas Randle (tenor)
Creon:
Norman Bailey (baritone)
First Lady-in-Waiting:
Camilla Johansen (sop)
Second Lady-in-Waiting:
Victoria Sharp (sop)
Source: Radio Times

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