Bellini: La Sonnambula

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 21, 2009

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

United States of America

Production

The Metropolitan Opera

Cast

Bernard Fitch,Jennifer Black,Jane Bunnell,Natalie Dessay,Michele Pertusi,Deborah Voigt,MET Orchestra,Jeremy Galyon,Juan Diego Flórez

Director

Mary Zimmerman,Barbara Willis Sweete

Writer

Felice Romani,Eugène Scribe

Producer

Victoria Warivonchik,Peter Gelb,Louisa Briccetti

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1469945