La Sonnambula, tells the story of Amina, a young woman engaged to local farmer, Elvino. When Amina is found in Count Rodolfo’s room while sleepwalking, she is falsely accused of infidelity, leading to a cancelled wedding and public shame.
In this 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.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Filmed at The Metropolitan Opera, New York on Saturday 18th October, 2025
Doors open 20 minutes before the performance commences.
For booking information please go here.
Creatives:
Music: Vincenzo Bellini
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Director: Rolando Villazón
Set Designer: Johannes Leiacker
Costumer Designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting Designer: Donald Holder
Projection Designer: Renaud Rubiano
Choreographer: Leah Hausman
Cast:
Amina: Nadine Sierra
Lisa: Sydney Mancasola
Elvino: Xabier Anduaga
Rodolfo: Alexander Vinogradov