Met Opera: Bellini’s La Sonnambula

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Nadine Sierra, one of the world’s greatest sopranos, stars as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in this poignant tale of love lost and found.

Following triumphant 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. 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.

Part of our series of Met Opera Live in HD and Encore broadcasts. This is a broadcast of the 18 October 2025 performance.

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Running time: 195 mins, with 1 intermission

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