Cultural event — Rehearsal
DRESS REHEARSAL: Medea
06 Apr. 2024
- Palais Garnier
Enter the heart of the creation and discover the artists at work!
The Paris National Opera offers Arop members the privilege of observing the work of the artists and the genesis of a production at different times: work sessions, pre-dress rehearsals and dress rehearsals.
Medea
Possibly mythology’s most unfathomable character: Medea, the sorceress, betrayed by her husband Jason, takes revenge by offering the latter’s lover a poisoned dress and then killing her own children. Such a destiny, so often portrayed in the arts, could not but be embodied at the Opera. In 1693, Marc-Antoine Charpentier premiered his only “tragédie lyrique”, based on a libretto by Thomas Corneille, at the Académie royale de Musique – forerunner of the Paris Opera – in the presence of Louis XIV. Three centuries after its creation, this baroque score of great orchestral wealth returns for the first time to the stage of the Paris Opera, under the baton of William Christie. Renowned for his exceptionally articulate interpretations, director David McVicar transposes the action to the Second World War, thus reinforcing the heroine’s tragic character.
Conditions of access to dress rehearsal:
The presentation of your Arop card is mandatory to collect your ticket at the Arop control on the same evening.
At the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille, we have "Protocol" seats.
Seats are assigned by membership level: Founding Patron members (Mécène Fondateurs) have priority over Patron members (Mécènes).
Seats are assigned by order of booking arrival (first booking, first served) and cannot be guaranteed in case of late registration.
Seating is free in the reserved areas: we advise you to arrive one hour before the start of the rehearsal.
Download the details of the reservation conditions and the access conditions.
- 19:30
Médée (saison 23/24) - Acte 2 Ana Vieira Leite - L'Amour sur tous les coeurs
1 podcast
[EXTRAIT] MÉDÉE de Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Lea Desandre, Ana Vieira Leite - Acte 5)
1 video
[EXTRAIT] MÉDÉE de Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Julie Roset - "Régnez ; l'amour à vos lois")
1 video
[EXTRAIT] MÉDÉE de Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Reinoud Van Mechelen - "Ah! Que d'attraits")
1 video
[EXTRAIT] MÉDÉE de Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Lea Desandre - "Quel prix de mon amour")
1 video