Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)

Medea (1951)

dramatic monologue for mezzo and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1951
    • Duration: 16 mn
    • Publisher: Bärenreiter
    • Opus: 129
    • Commission: Blanche Thebom
    • Dedication: à Blanche Thebom
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Robinson Jeffers, d'après Euripide

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo mezzo-soprano
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussionist, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 1953
    Location:

    États-Unis, Philadelphia, Academy of Music


    Performers:

    Blanche Thebom : mezzo-soprano, Philadelphia Orchestra, direction : Eugene Ormandy.