Lyric Opera 2025-2026 Issue 1 - Medea

19 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Medea Lyric premiere and new coproduction Music by Luigi Cherubini | Opera in three acts in Italian Libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman | Italian translation by Carlo Zangarini Based on Euripides’s Medea and Pierre Corneille’s play Médée . October 11, 14, 17, 20, 23 m and 26 m , 2025 CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Glauce Elena Villalón + Giasone Matthew Polenzani •• Creonte Alfred Walker Captain of the Guard Christopher Humbert, Jr. • First Handmaiden Emily Richter • Second Handmaiden Camille Robles • Medea Sondra Radvanovsky Neris Zoie Reams Conductor Enrique Mazzola Director & Set Designer Sir David McVicar Costume Designer Doey Lüthi + Original Lighting Designer Paule Constable Revival Lighting Designers Clare O’Donoghue + Chris Maravich Projection Designer S. Katy Tucker Assistant Set Designer Hannah Postlethwaite + Chorus Director Michael Black Movement Director Jo Meredith + Wig Master & John Metzner Makeup Designer Associate Director Jonathon Loy Assistant Director Jordan Lee Braun Stage Manager Rachel A.Tobias Stage Band Conductor Tess Jackson Musical Preparation William C. Billingham Susan Hult Miller Jerad Mosbey Marika Yasuda Prompter Susan Hult Miller Revival Fight Director Sean Michael Chin Fight & Intimacy Director Andrew Rathgeber Projected English Titles Christopher Bergen First performed at the Théâtre Feydeau,Paris on March 13,1797. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on October 11,2025. + Lyric debut • Current Member, The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center •• Alumnus, The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center Actors Niaimani Cooper-Parker, Mikala Curless, Jackson Dougherty , Emerson Elias,Adam Fane, Lizzy Lewis, Kirk Osgood, Zac Richey,Alex Rodriguez, Bob Romay, Brett Sweeney, Michael Saubert Children Actors Lydia Sokolova, Helena Sokolova, Rita Murtagh