Suzanne Magnuson

From the opening orchestral tremors to the final cataclysm, Lyric Opera’s Medea proves itself a visceral, electrifying theatrical event—and what a way to open this Season at the Lyric! This is basically what people who don’t know much about opera hope it’s going to be: melodramatic, epic and an absolute emotional rollercoaster which, in this case, ends in literal buckets of blood. In this rendering, the fusion of musical, dramatic, and vocal forces is nothing short of thrilling, and the […]