Opéra-comique in three acts, with a French libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman, premiered on March 13, 1797 at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris.
Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Wagner? all admired Cherubini's Médée. In the tradition of Gluck, this three-act comic opera, inspired by the tragedies of Euripides, Seneca and Corneille, depicts the cruel vengeance of a wounded woman who considers infanticide punishment for the unfaithful love of her husband Jason. In this tragedy of jealousy, ablaze...