Médée by Charpentier (concert version)

 Its plot tells a tale of betrayal, myth, rage and sorcery in which Medea, abandoned by her husband Jason, will use her magic for a terrible revenge, poisoning her rival Créuse and killing her own children in order to destroy her husband Jason’s happiness. He will survive to prolong his suffering. An example of vicarious violence, faced with the impossibility of finding a new path. A pathology born of an infinity of cracks that are impossible to overcome. 

The work needs a protagonist who is a character beyond measure. In this case, Magdalena Kožená will be entrusted with the role of Medée; accompanied by the sensitive and extraordinary Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Freiburger Barockorchester. 

Possessing a first-rate tragic talent, comfortable in French prosody, the Czech singer will offer a multi-faceted portrait of Médée: from the pain of Jason’s abandonment to humiliation, passing through madness and her murderous fury. Voice, gaze and gesture aligned in an intense performance in Charpentier’s first at the Liceu.