The Early Music Show

Euripides's Medea

Monday 14 January 2008 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Lucie Skeaping presents a programme devoted to Euripides's great tragedy of Medea, and the setting by the French composer Charpentier. Charpentier was over-shadowed to a certain extent by his contemporary Lully, and it is really only in the last few decades that this opera has been rediscovered. The music is considered some of Charpentier's finest, and one can only imagine the spectacle the drama created through its use of stage machinery and fireworks in the 17th century!

This is a repeat of the programme broadcast last Sunday. View details.

Duration:

1 hour

The Early Music Show

Episode and Playlist Information

• 20 Jan 08 George Herbert
• 20 Jan 08 George Herbert
• 19 Jan 08 John Taverner
• 13 Jan 08 Euripides's Medea
• 13 Jan 08 Utrecht Festival
• 12 Jan 08 Baroque Dance
• 12 Jan 08 Stockholm Festival