CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Nov 02 2024
Don Giovanni Mozart
Calgary Opera
Calgary, AB
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Nov 02 2024
Faust Gounod
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, Ontario
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Nov 02 2024
Die Fledermaus Strauss
Vancouver Opera
Vancouver, BC
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Nov 02 2024
Requiem Mozart
Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City
Kauffman Theater
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CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Don Giovanni Mozart
Calgary Opera
Calgary, AB
Faust Gounod
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, Ontario
Die Fledermaus Strauss
Vancouver Opera
Vancouver, BC
Requiem Mozart
Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City
Medea Cherubini
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, ON
Text from The COC website:
MAY 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, AND 17, 2024
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Performance time is approximately two hours and 50 minutes, including one 30-minute intermission.
Never before seen on the COC stage and seldom performed anywhere in the world, Medea is an exquisite rarity, featuring one of the most challenging roles in opera history. As the culmination of our season, world-renowned soprano Sondra Radvanovsky will tackle the role, reuniting with director Sir David McVicar for this brand-new production.
Medea is based on an ancient Greek myth, in which the title character helps Jason (Giasone), leader of the famous Argonauts, steal the Golden Fleece—only to be abandoned by him. While her betrayal makes Medea a victim, this operatic interpretation gives her the last word as she unleashes her rage with chilling violence against those who have wronged her.
Sung in Italian with English SURTITLESTM
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS
Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Director: Sir David McVicar
Set Designer: Sir David McVicar
Costume Designer: Doey Lüthi
Lighting Designer: Paule Constable
Projection Designer: S. Katy Tucker
Movement Director: Jo Meredith
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Medea: Sondra Radvanovsky
Giasone: Matthew Polenzani
Glauce: Janai Brugger
Creonte: Eric Owens
With the COC Orchestra and Chorus
Co-production of The Metropolitan Opera, Greek National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Lyric Opera of Chicago
Sondra Radvanovsky is generously sponsored by an anonymous donor
Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price
Editor-in-Chief of Opera Canada from May 1, 2022 – May 15, 2024. Before moving to the editorial side, she was a publicist for opera singers, classical instrumentalists and arts organizations for over a decade. She says of her work: “It’s a lifestyle, not a job”.