Charpentier's Medea (ENO) TONIGHT (18th)

[doversoul1]

Opera on 3 tonight
I didn’t bother to look at the schedule, thinking it was all Wagner. Andrew M has just announced that it is Charpentier's Medea from ENO with Sarah Connolly as Medea. Why has there been no trailer when we need it?!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01shxt9

Five stars from the Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/17/medea-review?INTCMP=SRCH

[ed.] Not too sure about Charpentier in English, especially without seeing the stage. Still, it should be worth listening.

[salymap]

Thanks for that Ds. May listen or record,

[David-G]

I greatly enjoyed this - in fact, I saw it twice. Even without the staging to look at, I shall definitely listen. I have been looking forward to the broadcast.

[David-G]

I am enjoying it very much, it is like an old friend. The singing is excellent, the diction good, and the orchestra play like a baroque band. The dance music is infectious.

[doversoul1]

I very much enjoyed it, although I had to keep reminding myself that this was not a hitherto undiscovered English Baroque masterpiece, as the singing sounded so very un-French (well, I suppose this was a bit obvious).

If only we had a TV station like Arte or Mezzo, this would definitely have been broadcast live. At least we heard it, so many thanks, Radio 3.

[doversoul1]

Just for a matter of interest: here is a ‘French version’ (concert perfirmance)
Hervé Niquet & Le Concert Spirituel with every director’s sorceress Stéphanie d'Oustrac as Medee/Medea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzMt0b4rtco

Very listenable but this is by no means to lessens the value of the ENO production.

[ed.] *Not the best expression but I hope it makes sense.