Saturday, October 18, 1:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD:
La Sonnambula
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Libretto by Felice Romani
Following triumphant Live in HD performances in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks 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 Anduaga co-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.
Runtime: 3:15
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Amina: Nadine Sierra | Lisa: Sydney Mancasola | Elvino: Xabier Anduaga | Rodolfo: Alexander Vinogradov
Production: Rolando Villazón* | Set Designer: Johannes Leiacker | Costume Designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel | Lighting Designer: Donald Holder
Projection Designer: Renaud Rubiano* | Choreographer: Leah Hausman