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The Early Music Show

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Medea Lucie Skeaping looks at how the Greek myth of Medea was set to music in the Baroque era. JA Benda Medea (excerpt)
Hertha Schell (spoken role), Prague Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christian Benda Clerambaurt Medee (excerpt)
Julianne Baird (soprano), American Baroque, director Stephen Schultz
Caldara Medea in Corinto Gerard Lesne (countertenor), II Seminario Musicale
Charpentier Medee , Acts 4 and 5 (excerpts) Soloists, Les Arts Florissants Chorus and Orchestra, conductor William Christie

Contributors

Unknown:
Medea Lucie Skeaping
Unknown:
Hertha Schell
Conductor:
Christian Benda
Conductor:
Clerambaurt Medee
Soprano:
Julianne Baird
Director:
Stephen Schultz
Director:
Caldara Medea
Musicale:
Charpentier Medee
Conductor:
William Christie
Source: Radio Times

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