Saturday, October 18, 2025
NEW PRODUCTION!
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza.
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.
English StreamText captioning is available for the Met’s transmission of La Sonnambula here. A transcript of the transmission will also be available to view after the live performance.
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra de Nice Côte d’Azur, Semperoper Dresden, and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.
3hrs 15mins with one intermission
The MetLive in HD at The Moviehouse is made possible in part by the generous support of Thomas C. Ragan.
Moviehouse programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.