Works & Process Presents: The Metropolitan Opera: "Medea" by Luigi Cherubini

GUESTS Peter Gelb, General Manager, Metropolitan Opera, Moderator David McVicar, Director Carlo Rizzi, Conductor Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano Matthew Polenzani, Tenor Janai Brugger, Soprano Howard Watkins, Piano PROGRAM NOTES 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. "Medea" runs for eight performances at the Metropolitan Opera this season, from September 27 through October 28. The October 22 performance will be seen in movie theaters around the world as part of the Met’s Live in HD series of global cinema transmissions. For tickets and more information, visit metopera.org.