Reimann, A: Medea

It's an effective brew, brilliantly performed under the secure control of Michael Boder, and with a cast that relishes the technical challenges. Marlis Petersen as Meda has the most formidable... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 More…

Release Date: 31st Jan 2011
Catalogue No: 101552
Label: Arthaus Musik

Reimann, A: Medea

Live Recording from The Wiener Staatsoper, 2010
Marlis Petersen (Medea), Michaela Selinger (Kreusa), Elisabeth Kulman (Gora), Michael Roider (Kreon) & Adrian Eröd (Jason)
Wiener Staatsoper
Michael Boder

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Stage Director, Set & Lighting Design by Marco Arturo Marelli

Costume Design Dagmar Niefind

Aribert Reimann is one of the world’s most important living composers. His works are performed regularly all over the world. Now comes his latest opera - Medea. Roughly 30 authors have written works based on this ancient myth but it was the play by Franz Grillparzer which inspired Reimann most: »In no other version is it made so brutally clear that Medea is an outsider. (…) Right from the start of act one my mind was flooded by musical ideas and by the end of the second act I really thought my head would burst.« Vienna State Opera succeeded in recruiting Marco Arturo Marelli – a man with a world-wide reputation, especially for global premieres – as director and scenographer for this performance. Unusually for a world premiere, the first series of performances of the opera were a huge success amongst audiences and press alike. The public stormed the box office and ticket sales by far exceeded availability. A “Sold Out” notice had to be put up for virtually every performance!

Sound Format: PCM Stereo, dts-HD Master Audio 5.1

Picture Format: 16:9

Resolution: 1080i FULL HD

Subtitle Languages: DE, GB, FR, IT, ES, JP

Running Time: 113 mins

Blu-ray Disc: 25 GB (Single Layer)

FSK: 0

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May 2011

It's an effective brew, brilliantly performed under the secure control of Michael Boder, and with a cast that relishes the technical challenges. Marlis Petersen as Meda has the most formidable task, and the confident musicality with which she negotiates the often stratospheric contours of her part is matched by all her colleagues. This is ensemble opera at its best.

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