"It's no spectacle, not distraction. We're not selling anything except 3 hours of quiet for you to be with your own emotions," says Peter Sellars about his stage direction of the next big premiere of The Berlin State Opera: Charpentier's Médée from 1693, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and with the Freiburger Barockorchester. You can find all the details about this upcoming production, which will also have two concert performances in Hamburg and Barcelona, in the calendar.
In this video Sellars gives you a sneak peek of the rehearsals and raves about Charpentier's music and Magdalena in the title role of Médée: