May 2026
Medusa (Opera) | Iain Bell, Lydia Steier | La Monnaie / De Munt
‘Sprouting from her damned scalp a hundred hungry, hissing snakes. These will never sleep: and never again shall she.’ – Medusa, Act I, Scene 2
A song from the depths of the ocean reaches the ears of three sisters. While Stheno and Euryale recognize the call of Poseidon demanding Medusa’s submission, the latter hears only a distant lullaby, similar to that a mother sings to her child. Hoping to protect her from the god of the sea, her sisters send her to live with the priestesses of Athena’s temple. One day, while Medusa is watching over the sacred flame of the goddess alone, Poseidon emerges from the waves and rapes the young woman, thus defiling the temple. To punish her for this desecration, Athena turns Medusa into a monstrous creature: her hair becomes a nest of snakes and her gaze turns anyone who looks at her to stone. This terrifying power arouses the lust of heroes, who pursue her in her exile …
DATES
Tue 05 May 2026
Time 20:00
Thu 07 May 2026
Time 20:00
Sat 09 May 2026
Time 20:00
Tue 12 May 2026
Time 20:00
Fri 15 May 2026
Time 20:00
Sun 17 May 2026
Time 15:00
Tue 19 May 2026
Time 20:00