Organization

Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Carlo Rizzi

Soprano (+3)

Sondra Radvanovsky

Medea

Soprano (+1)

Janai Brugger

Glauke

Bass (+3)

Michele Pertusi

King Creon

Metropolitan Opera House

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Chorus

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Stage director

Stage director (+5)

David McVicar

Set designer

Costume designer

Doey Lüthi

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+2)

Paule Constable

Video

Video (+2)

Katy S Tucker

Choreographer

Jo Meredith

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Ekaterina Gubanova

Neris

Tenor (+2)

Matthew Polenzani

Giasone

Brittany Renee

1. Handmaiden

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Sarah Larsen

2. Handmaiden

Bass-baritone (+6)

Christopher Job

Capo della guardia del Re

Chorusmaster

Agathangelos Georgakatos

Canadian Opera Company

Greek National Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago

The Metropolitan Opera

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Olivia Vote

Tenor

Rafael Davila

Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles Sondra Radvanovsky opens the new season as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance—a tour-de-force role made famous by opera’s ultimate diva, Maria Callas. The Met premiere of Cherubini’s rarely performed masterpiece marks Radvanovsky’s fourth new production with director David McVicar, who also designed the sets for this vivid, atmospheric staging, simultaneously classical, updated, and timeless. Joining Radvanovsky are tenor Matthew Polenzani as Medea’s Argonaut husband, Giasone; soprano Janai Brugger as her rival for his love, Glauce; bass Michele Pertusi as her father, Creonte, the King of Corinth; and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova as Medea’s confidante, Neris. In an impressive fall trifecta at the Met, Maestro Carlo Rizzi conducts Medea, in addition to Don Carlo and Tosca.

Italian

Médée -  (Medea)

New York City

United States

Featuring one of the repertoire’s most ruthless and electrifying heroines, Medea was famously a star vehicle for opera’s ultimate diva, Maria Callas, in the 1950s. Seven decades later, one of today’s reigning sopranos picked up Callas’s torch when Sondra Radvanovsky opened the Met’s 2022–23 season as Cherubini’s mythic sorceress. In this performance, recorded as part of the company’s Live in HD series of cinema transmissions, Radvanovsky gives a tour-de-force performance, headlining an exhilarating new staging by director David McVicar—his 12th production for the Met. Maestro Carlo Rizzi is on the podium to conduct this rarely performed drama, which also features tenor Matthew Polenzani as Medea’s unfaithful lover, Giasone; soprano Janai Brugger as the new object of his affections, Glauce; mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova as Medea’s steadfast companion, Neris; and bass Michele Pertusi as the Corinthian king Creonte.

Médée Cherubini

Staged

Opera

English

German

Spanish

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky conjures mythic power in the title role of Cherubini’s fiery tragedy to open the 2022–23 season. Don’t miss this Met premiere, on ...

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