Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 acts |
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Composition Year | 1796-97, rev.1802, 1809 |
Genre Categories | Operas comiques; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
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Work Title | Médée |
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Alternative. Title | Opéra comique en trois actes |
Name Translations | Μήδεια; Medea; Médeia; Մեդեա; メデア; |
Name Aliases | Medee; franciául Médée |
Authorities | WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185453284; LCCN: n80051313; GND: 300250134; BNF: 13910466c |
Composer | Cherubini, Luigi |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ILC 30 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 acts |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1796-97, rev.1802, 1809 |
First Performance. | 1797-03-13 in Paris, Théâtre Feydeau. |
First Publication. | 1797 |
Librettist | François-Benoît Hoffmann (1760–1828) |
Language | French (+ translations; Italian, German) |
Dedication | Etienne Nicolas Méhul |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 130 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
Piece Style | Classical |
Instrumentation | voices, chorus, orchestra |
External Links | Wikipedia article Libretto (French, original version) Libretto (Italian translation of Lachner version) |
Extra Information | The 1802 revival in Vienna was in Italian. The 1809 version (also in Vienna in Italian) was abridged, with approx. 500 bars omitted. In 1855, a German translation of the 1809 version was produced in Frankfurt, with new recitatives composed by Franz Paul Lachner. |