Cavalli takes a baroque approach to deconstructing Jason, the hero: his polygamous and amorous rebellion against prevailing values and standards does not last long - Medea sends her hesitant hero back to his wife. The world seems to settle back into normality...
Francesco Cavalli was the most successful Venetian opera composer of the mid-seventeenth century. In the wake of Monteverdi, opera was enjoying a real boom, and this spread to the rest of Europe because the ruling classes often met up at the Venice carnival. Giasone displays Cavalli’s sense of drama and musical lightness, as well as a grotesque humour typical of the great Italian baroque operas.
This new production is orchestrated and conducted by the internationally reputed baroque specialist Federico Maria Sardelli. It is directed by the young Frenchwoman Mariame Clément, who is currently making a name for herself with her infectious directing in German and French opera houses. The title role is sung by the promising countertenor Christophe Dumaux.

SYNOPSIS
Even for a classical hero, two shrewd women is one too many. Giasone - Jason - (Christophe Dumaux) the leader of the Argonauts who went off to Colchis to steal the Golden Fleece, which brings its owner absolute power and eternal life, takes a break from fighting in the arms of Medea (Katarina Bradic). But not without an ulterior motive: he speculates on the magical powers of this fascinating Queen of Colchis. In gratitude for his promise of marriage, Medea gives Jason a magic ring, which he uses to kill the guardian of the Golden Fleece, a terrible dragon. But on their flight to Greece, with the Fleece in their baggage, the lovers have to explain themselves to their jealous spouses, who have unexpectedly taken pursuit: Jason to Isiphile (the American soprano Robin Johannsen) and Medea to Aegeus. In order to rid themselves of their former partners, they devise complicated murder plots which almost carry the originators of the plan into the hereafter in a most grotesque manner.