Cherubini

Although Chopin in one of his early Paris letters calls Cherubini a mummy, he seems to have subsequently been more favourably impressed by him.

Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

In spite of the serious and even tragic cast of the plot, the use of spoken dialogue compels us to class 'Les Deux Journées' as an opéra comique; and the same rule applies to 'Médée,' Cherubini's finest work, an opera which for dignity of thought and grandeur of expression deserves to rank high among the productions of the period.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

German chauvinism aside, this was a description of the new spirit of romanticism in opera, and it would be no exaggeration to claim for Cherubini the role of co-founder of German romantic opera.

Rodney Punt: Medea Takes Revenge in an Abandoned Warehouse Rodney Punt 2011

The tour-de-force diva show turned out to be Cherubini's "Medea" 1797, with soprano Alexandra Deshorties in a rip-snorting, ferocious performance as the revenge-driven sorceress.

Zambello's First Season: Invigorated, Imbalanced Heidi Waleson 2011

Cherubini was one of those innovative composers to whom the even greater ones that followed were indebted for his bridges to new stylistic worlds.

Rodney Punt: Medea Takes Revenge in an Abandoned Warehouse Rodney Punt 2011

Cherubini could hardly have chosen more graphic models than the Euripides and Corneille treatments of the Medea myth.

Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season Rodney Punt 2011

Julieta Cervantes Alexandra Deshorties in the title role of Cherubini's 'Medea.'

Zambello's First Season: Invigorated, Imbalanced Heidi Waleson 2011

Cherubini could hardly have chosen more graphic models than the Euripides and Corneille treatments of the Medea myth.

Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season Rodney Punt 2011

New subjects extolling liberty became popular in the works of the Paris-based Italian Luigi Cherubini, the contemporary most admired by Beethoven.

Opera through the ages 2011

Cherubini could hardly have chosen more graphic models than the Euripides and Corneille treatments of the Medea myth.

Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season Rodney Punt 2011