
Met Opera Live in HD 25-26 Season
BELLINI
La Sonnambula
Saturday, October 18 10:00am
Wednesday, October 22 1 & 6:30pm
Following triumphant Met turns in Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, and 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 returns after his acclaimed 2023 Met debut in L’Elisir d’Amore, co-starring 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.
= FILM FACTS =
Running Time 165 min
Genre Opera
Starring
Nadine Sierra
Sydney Mancasola
Xabier Anduaga
Alexander Vinogradov
Directed by
Rolando Villazón
Conducted by
Riccardo Frizza