Met Opera: La Sonnambula (Exempt)

Following triumphant performances in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Donizetti’s Luciadi Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleep walks 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 Anduagaco 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.

Cast: Nadine Sierra, Rolando Villazón, Xabier Anduagaco, Sydney Mancasola, Alexander Vinogradov

Conductor: Riccardo Frizza