Overlooked for many decades, Luigi Cherubini's Medea -first presented in Paris in 1797- was brought back into the limelight when Maria Callas first performed the title role in 1953 at the Maggio ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The Met’s first production of Cherubini’s work, in the Italian version, opens the season. The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is aware of the pressure. The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky ...

Joining Radvanovsky is tenor Matthew Polenzani as Medea's husband, Giasone (Jason the Argonaut); soprano Janai Brugger as the rival for his love, Glauce; bass Michele Pertusi as her father, Creonte, ...

Recent interest in Medea operas began somewhat before Callas-centenary fever broke out when the Metropolitan Opera opened last season with Sondra Radvanovsky starring in its first-ever mounting of ...

The second production in Opera Omaha’s ONE Festival is a French opera that’s not often seen. “Medea,” with music by Luigi Cherubini and libretto by François Benoît-Hoffman, will premiere Friday at the ...

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This image released by The Metropolitan Opera shows soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role of Cherubini's "Medea," which opens the Metropolitan Opera season on Sept. 27. (Marty Sohl/Met Opera ...

For several years now I have been hearing of the wildly creative doings coming from Opera Long Beach under the direction of Andreas Mitisek; operas in swimming pools, drag queens in Threepenny Opera, ...