La Sonnambula

Following triumphant Live in HD 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 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, which will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas on October 18. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Presented by Penn State Opera Theatre

Join us at 12:30pm for a pre-show performance and lecture by the Penn State Opera Theatre program.

Speaker: Cole Denton, M.A. Musicology candidate

Singers:

Cole Denton, countertenor

Il fervido desiderio – Bellini (2 min)

Eunmi Hwang, soprano

Almen Se non poss’io – Bellini (3:30 min)

Per pietà, bell’idol mio – Bellini (3 min)

Eunmi Hwang, soprano & Cole Denton, countertenor

Vaga luna, che inargenti – Bellini (3:30 min)

Pianist: Bryan O’Lone

Opera Buff Presale: Monday, August 25th @ Noon

Public Sale: Wednesday, August 27th @ Noon

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