The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula

Release Date: 2025-10-18

Overview: 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.

Rating: 3 / 10

Cast

Nadine Sierra

as Amina

Sydney Mancasola

as Lisa

Xabier Anduaga

as Elvino

Alexander Vinogradov

as Count Rodolfo

Riccardo Frizza

as Conductor