Gramophone

'The distinction of the score itself lies very largely in the beauty of its orchestration. Everything is cared for, the interrelationship of voice and instruments being one of the happiest features.'
 
 
The Cast

CREONTE - Alastair Miles
EGEO - Raúl Giménez
MEDEA - Jane Eaglen
(PMF Scholar)
GIASONE - Bruce Ford
CREUSA - Yvonne Kenny
EVANDRO - Neill Archer
ISMENE - Anne Mason
TIDEO - Paul Nilon

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR - David Parry
Opera

'Jane Eaglen milks the name-part for all that it's worth, floating the voice in moments of tenderness, hard-hitting and incisive when consumed by vengeful fury. As her rival, Yvonne Kenny offers a near perfect contrast... Bruce Ford brings a suitably heroic ring... and his sense of style extends to some tasteful decoration of repeats. Raúl Giménez as his rival does all that can be done for a part that has no business to be there at all... two tenors so distinctive in timbre yet both equipped with the requisite technique. Alastair Miles is an admirable Creonte...'