Medea
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Opera: Work details
| Composer: |
Luigi Cherubini |
| Music title: |
Medea (1865) |
| Composer: |
Franz Lachner |
| Librettist: |
François-Benoît Hoffman |
| Translator: |
Carlo Zangarini |
| Work definition: |
Opera in three acts |
| Language: |
Italian |
| Notes: |
The original French work, 'Médée', was an opéra-comique with spoken dialogue, which premiered in 1797. In 1854 Franz Lachner set the dialogue to music. In 1909, Carlo Zangarini translated this version into Italian for La Scala.
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| World premiere: |
6 June 1865, Her Majesty's Theatre, London |
| ROH premiere: |
17 June 1959, Covent Garden Opera Company |
| ROH company premiere: |
17 June 1959, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden |
| Related work: |
Médée
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| Productions |
| Medea (1959) |
Covent Garden Opera Company (5 performances online) |