Médée

The greatest opera of the French Baroque era.

Médée is high drama and emotion: French tragédie lyrique in its most classic form. The sorceress Médée is driven by desperation and the abandonment of her lover Jason to do the unthinkable, and ultimately murder her own children.

Charpentier’s sensual lyricism and dramatic insight take us deep inside the mind and heart of this powerful and damaged woman who refuses to be a victim – even at the cost of her own flesh and blood.

In the brilliant hands of Artistic Director Erin Helyard, Médée’s legendary story was brought to the stage for the first time in Australia, with all the sophistication, eloquence and power of the French Baroque era.