FULL MEDEA (Matchavariani) Tblisi 2014
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Medea
- Composer: Matchavariani Alexi
- Libretto:
- Venue & Opera Company: Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre, Georgia
- Recorded: July 4, 2014
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: unknown
- Conductor: Vakhtang Matchavariani
- Orchestra: Georgian National Orchestra
- Chorus: Georgian Music Center Choir
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Opera in 2 acts by Vakhtang Matchavariani after Euripides and Gustav Schwab’s
‘Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums’
[Медея. Опера в двух действиях · Medeya. Opera v dvukh deistvyakh]
d r a m at i s p e r s o n a e :
Aëtes, King of Colchis (baritone) – Medea, his daughter
(mezzo-soprano) – Argos, his nephew (bass) –
Creon, King of Corinth (baritone) –
Jason, leader of the Argonauts (tenor) –
Glauce, daughter of King Creon
(ballerina)
Jason’s travelling companions, Colchis nobles, Warriors, Medea’s maids,
Cholchis girl and boy dancers, Greek nobles, People of Corinth
Mixed choir and ballet
3(picc).3(cor anglais).3.3 – 4.4.3.1 – timp. perc (wood bl, snare dr, bass dr,
cym, tam-t, xyl). harp. cel. piano. strings
Duration: full eve
First (concert) performance: 5 July 2010, Tbilisi
Georgia State Choir and State Symphony Orchestra – Vakhtang Matchavariani
(conductor)