Medea (The Metropolitan Opera) NYC Reviews and Tickets

80%

(14 Ratings)

Positive

86%

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Members say

Great singing, Absorbing, Ambitious, Intense, Riveting

About the Show

The Met premiere of Cherubini's classic opera based on the Greek tragedy.

The classic tragic opera tells the story of Medea, a former princess of the kingdom of Colchis, as well as the wife of Jason. When her husband leaves her for a Greek princess of Corinth, Medea takes vengeance on him by killing his new wife along with her own two sons, later escaping to Athens for a new life.

Luigi Cherubini's most well-known opera makes its Met premiere in a brand new staging.

Show-Score Member Reviews (14)

Great singing, Exquisite, Delightful, Ambitious, Absorbing

See it if you love opera. was fortunate enough to see it earlier in the year during the season

Don't see it if you don’t like opera

Resonant, Profound, Great singing, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if I was lucky to see the opening night performance of this wonderful production. The soprano portraying Medea Sondra Radvanovsky was just

Don't see it if Intense and earned many applause from those in attendance. A great way to start the new season at the Metropolitan Opera.

Riveting, Great singing, Great staging, Absorbing

See it if Diva Sondra! Fireworks. Mirror stage design simple and effective.

Don't see it if Seeking more action

Intense, Entertaining, Absorbing, Great staging, Great singing

See it if You like operas, it is very well done

Don't see it if Disturbing story involving children

Dark, Exceptional lead singer, Lesser-known opera

See it if you like your revenge operas on full tilt: larger than life emotions, tender love scenes, brutal betrayals,violent endings & wronged heroine

Don't see it if you're not a fan of McVicar's always-somber dark staging (large mirror provides some nice visual touches, but overall the stage is boring).

Riveting, Great staging, Great singing, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if you wish to see an amazing acting and singing performance by great opera star Sondra Radvanovsky. Great use of video to create moods.

Don't see it if you like happy operas. This opera is more melodic than Strauss's Eleckra but it is still very disturbing plot about a very disturbed person. Read more

Intense, Great singing, Edgy, Ambitious, Absorbing

See it if you wish to see an extraordinary singer attack roll once Maria Callas.

Don't see it if you don't like non-standard repertory.

Ambitious, Enchanting, Absorbing

See it if You love opera

Don't see it if You don't like opera

Critic Reviews (3)

"The influence of 'Medea,' in turn, can be heard in the fiery outbursts and discomfiting mad scenes in the bel canto works of the decades that followed."
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"The opera itself, even in this eye-catching new production directed and designed by David McVicar, is a creaky thing."
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"This is the kind of finely crafted madness that keeps us coming back to the Met."
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