Aribert Reimann: Medea (Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 2010) [Blu-ray]

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Aribert Reimann is one of the worlds most important living composers.  His works are performed regularly all over the world.  Now comes his latest opera - Medea.  Roughly 30 authors have written works based on this ancient myth but it was the play by Franz Grillparzer which inspired Reimann most: In no other version is it made so brutally clear that Medea is an outsider.  Vienna State Opera succeeded in recruiting Marco Arturo Marelli a man with a world-wide reputation, especially for global premieres as director and scenographer for this performance.  Unusually for a world premiere, the first series of performances of the opera were a huge success amongst audiences and press alike.  The public stormed the box office and ticket sales by far exceeded availability. A Sold Out notice had to be put up for virtually every performance!