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For this opera, the French composer Dusapin creates a postmodern portrait of Medea, the familiar figure of Greek tragedy, on a libretto by Heiner Muller. Listeners who enjoy American composers of avant-garde opera--Glass, Adams, Reich--might be pleasantly surprised by this work. Dusapin designs an imaginative synthesis of New York minimalism and contemporary European musical influences. --Joshua Cody