Médée, Opéra Garnier, Paris: 10 April-1 May 2024

Marc-Antoine Charpentier's opera Médée arrives at Opera Garnier, Paris, in spring 2024, directed by David McVicar. Book your tickets now!

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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.

Médée, Opéra Garnier, Paris: 10 April-1 May 2024
Médée, Opéra Garnier, Paris: 10 April-1 May 2024

Opening Hours

Monday:
10:30 - 18:00
Tuesday:
10:30 - 18:00
Wednesday:
10:30 - 18:00
Thursday:
10:30 - 18:00
Friday:
10:30 - 18:00
Saturday:
10:30 - 18:00
Sunday:
10:30 - 18:00

Seasons

28 April 2024 - 28 April 2024
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
14:30 - 15:30

30 April 2024 - 30 April 2024
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
19:30 - 20:30
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed

03 May 2024 - 03 May 2024
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
19:30 - 20:30
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed

07 May 2024 - 07 May 2024
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
19:30 - 20:30
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed

09 May 2024 - 09 May 2024
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
19:30 - 20:30
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed

11 May 2024 - 11 May 2024
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
19:30 - 20:30
Sunday:
Closed

15 April 2025 - 15 April 2025
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
19:30 - 20:30
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed

18 April 2025 - 18 April 2025
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
19:30 - 20:30
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed

20 April 2025 - 20 April 2025
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
19:30 - 20:30

23 April 2025 - 23 April 2025
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
19:30 - 20:30
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed

30 April 2025 - 30 April 2025
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
19:30 - 20:30
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed

03 May 2025 - 03 May 2025
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
Closed
Saturday:
19:30 - 20:30
Sunday:
Closed

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