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Teatro Di San Carlo 26: Medea

180 mins.

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Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Orchestra: Orchestra of Teatro di San Carlo
Cast: Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea), Francesco Meli (Giasone), Giorgi Manoshvili (Creonte), Dsire Giove (Glauce), Anita Rachvelishvili (Nris)
Composer: Luigi Cherubini
Director: Mario Martone
Set Design: Carmine Guarino
Duration: Approx. 3 hrs incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles

Opra-comique in three acts (1797)
New Production! Join us for the first ever performance of Cherubini's masterpiece at Naples' San Carlo Theatre - the world's oldest continuously active opera venue - with celebrated soprano Sondra Radvanovsky singing the tour-de-force title role made famous by Maria Callas. The opera recounts the tragic tale of Medea, a mythic sorceress betrayed by her husband Jason (award-winning tenor Francesco Meli), when he chooses to abandon her to marry Glauce (rapidly rising Italian sopranoDsire Giove), the princess of Corinth. Overcome with grief and fury, Medea will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance Staged by multi award-winning film and theatre director Mario Martone, with Riccardo Frizza on the podium.

Screening Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 May 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 25 May 2026 at 11am

Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

 


Saturday 21/03/2026 - Cinema One

Sunday 22/03/2026 - Cinema One

Wednesday 25/03/2026 - Cinema One