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La Sonnambula - Metropolitan Opera
8.0 / 10• 2009• 2h 18m•NR• Italian
MusicDrama
Storyline
Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to say nothing of her fiancé—asleep in the bedroom of a stranger. It takes the young man two acts to figure out that sleepwalking is to blame, and everything ends happily. Natalie Dessay as Amina and Juan Diego Flórez as Elvino deliver bel canto magic and vocal fireworks in Mary Zimmerman’s 2009 production. The Tony award-winning director transfers Bellini’s bucolic tale to a rehearsal room in contemporary New York, where an opera company rehearses La Sonnambula—and where the singers are truly in love with each other.
Cast & Crew
Natalie Dessay
Amina
Lead
Juan Diego Flórez
Elvino
Michele Pertusi
Count Rodolfo
Jennifer Black
Lisa
Jeremy Galyon
Alessio
Jane Bunnell
Teresa
Bernard Fitch
Notary
Evelino Pidò
Self - Conductor
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Barbara Willis Sweete's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. La Sonnambula - Metropolitan Opera is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
