Salomon : Médée & Jason

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Medea is reimagined as a free and sovereign heroine. Pellegrin and Salomon’s innovative lyric tragedy stands between Lully and Rameau. Reinoud Van Mechelen reveals its full dramatic power.More details

JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS SALOMON (1649-1732)
MÉDÉE ET JASON

Tragedy in music in five acts, with a libretto by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, premiered at the Royal Academy of Music in 1713.

Choeur de Chambre de Namur
a nocte temporis
Reinoud Van Mechelen, conductor

Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur · Mélissa Petit · Lore Binon · Annelies Van Gramberen · Cyril Costanzo

From ancient theatre to lyric tragedy, the character of Medea has withstood the test of time. A quintessential tragic heroine, she embodies a soul torn apart by betrayal, whose pain turns into devastating madness. Following Charpentier and Corneille's opera (1693), Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin's avant-garde libretto offers a liberated interpretation of the classical myth, in which Medea masters her magic and her destiny. Salomon's
score responds with sumptuous writing, borrowing from the tradition of Lully while foreshadowing the genius of Rameau. By unearthing this missing link between two eras, Reinoud Van Mechelen offers us a spectacular lyric tragedy, revealing the superb complexity of a woman equally powerful and tormented.

Recorded from July 11th to 14th 2025 at the Grand Manège in Namur.

Booklet French/English - Duration : 151'32.

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