Sonya Yoncheva Headlines Metropolitan Opera’s Revival of ‘Medea’

By Francisco Salazar

The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Cherubini’s “Medea.”

The production, which returns on Oct. 30, will star soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role. Yoncheva will sing the role in Italian in a translation by Carlo Zangarini for the first time, having previously performed it in its original French at Staatsoper Berlin in 2018.

She will be joined by tenor Michael Spyres as Giasone, mezzo-soprano Victoria Karkacheva as Neris, soprano Elena Villalón as Glauce, and bass Alexandros Stavrakakis as Creonte. Soprano Chiara Isotton will also sing the title role in one performance on Nov. 21.

Carlo Rizzi conducts the first revival of David McVicar’s production which opened in 2022.

“Medea” will run through Nov. 21 and will see the Oct. 30 and Nov. 13 performances broadcast live on the SiriusXM app. A recording of a fall performance will also be rebroadcast on The Robert K. Johnson Foundation–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network and the SiriusXM app on April 10, 2027.

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