The season kicks off with Cherubini’s thrilling opera, Medea, on Saturday 22 October.
Following triumphant performances at the Met as some of the repertory’s most dramatic heroines, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress Medea, who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance, taking on the tour-de-force role made famous by Maria Callas. Joining Radvanovsky is tenor Matthew Polenzanias as Medea’s husband, Giasone (Jason the Argonaut ); soprano Janai Bruggeras as the rival for his love, Glauce; bass Michele Pertusias as Glauce’s father, Creonte, the King of Corinth; and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanovaas Neris, as Medea’s confidante.
The production is directed and designed by David McVicar, with Carlo Rizzion at the podium. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will host the live transmission. The 2022–23 Live in HD season will also include popular favourites like Verdi’s La Traviata, Giordano’s Fedora, Wagner’s Lohengrin, Verdi’s Falstaff, Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (with soprano Lise Davidsenand, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonardas as the Marschallin and Octavian ), two Mozart operas conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflöte together with two new operas: Kevin Puts’s The Hours (starring the powerhouse trio of soprano Renée Fleming, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and soprano Kelli O’Hara ) and Terence Blanchard’s opera, Champion, based on the boxer Emile Griffith.
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