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Cherubini: Médée/Medea
Carlo Rizzi; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Doey Lüthi; Paule Constable; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Stuart Stratford; Sir David McVicar; Scottish Opera; Charles Edwards; Doey Lüthi; Ben Pickersgill; The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
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Valerio Galli; Sir David McVicar; Irish National Opera; Charles Edwards; Doey Lüthi; Ben Pickersgill; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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Sonya Yoncheva electrifies the Met Opera’s revival of Medea
Four years after the Met’s first-ever staging of Cherubini’s rarely performed take on Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy, the opera returns with the Bulgarian soprano conquering the notoriously difficult title role.
Great Expectations: McVicar directs a ghostly Scottish Opera Turandot
With Turandot in a Miss Havisham bridal gown, McVicar's new production sets the action in a setting of decadence and decay.
Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs in COC's darkly grand Medea
In the title role of Canadian Opera Company's Medea, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky offers the vocal and dramatic goods required by this flawed masterpiece.
Inheriting Callas’ crown in Athens: Pirozzi takes on Medea
The punishing role of Medea is forever associated with Maria Callas. To celebrate the diva’s centenary, Greek National Opera presents a new production by Sir David McVicar, starring Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi.
Radvanovsky triumphs as Cherubini's Medea opens the Met Opera season
Sir David McVicar's new production opens the Met season with house's first ever staging of Cherubini's Medea.
La Calisto arrives at La Scala for the first time and triumphs
Cavalli's debut at La Scala is a triumph, earning applause that not even a Bohème or a Traviata can sometimes elicit.