59 - MÉDÉE

Possibly mythology’s most unfathomable character: Medea, the sorceress, betrayed by her husband Jason, takes revenge by offering the latter’s lover a poisoned dress, and then killing her own children. Such a destiny could not but be embodied at the Opera. Three centuries after its creation, this baroque score of great orchestral wealth returns to the stage of the Paris Opera, under the baton of William Christie. Renowned director David McVicar transposes the action to the Second World War.