[1] Barber first created a seven-movement concert suite from this ballet (Medea, Op.
He originally titled it Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, but shortly before his death, he changed the title to simply Medea's Dance of Vengeance.
[2] Dance of Vengeance is scored for a larger orchestra than either preceding version (ballet or concert suite), being made up of the following:
The work was premiered on February 2, 1956, by the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos.
[2] The concert suite was recorded by a Decca studio ensemble, the New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Barber in 1950.