Met Opera: La Sonnambula

The Story

Following triumphant performances in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Donizetti’s Luciadi Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleep walks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found. In his new production, Rolando Villazón — the tenor who has embarked on a brilliant second career as a director—retains the opera’s original setting in the Swiss Alps but uses its somnambulant plot to explore the emotional and psychological valleys of the mind. Tenor Xabier Anduagaco stars as Amina’s fiancé, Elvino, alongside soprano Sydney Mancasola as her rival, Lisa, and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Count Rodolfo. Riccardo Frizza takes the podium for one of opera’s most ravishing works.

Rating

CTC

Duration

195 min

Country

USA

Cast

Riccardo Frizza, Nadine Sierra, Sydney Mancasola, Xabier Anduaga, Alexander Vinogradov

Director

The Metropolitan Opera

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