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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.

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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