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La Sonnambula (2009)

2009-03-21 · 2h 18m · IT
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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.

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Barbara Willis SweeteDirectorFelice RomaniWriterMary ZimmermanDirector

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Natalie DessayNatalie DessayAminaJuan Diego FlórezJuan Diego FlórezElvinoMichele PertusiMichele PertusiCount RodolfoJennifer BlackJennifer BlackLisaJeremy GalyonJeremy GalyonAlessioJane BunnellJane BunnellTeresaBernard FitchBernard FitchNotaryDeborah VoigtDeborah VoigtSelf - HostMET OrchestraMET Orchestra

Keywords

Woman directorOperaThe metropolitan operaBellini

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Genre affinityDrama · MusicTheme affinityWoman Director · Opera · The Metropolitan OperaDialogue densityDramaPacingLongDirector preference239085 · 551476Actor preference401945 · 500514 · 389659

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Frequently asked questions about La Sonnambula

What is La Sonnambula about?

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.

How long is La Sonnambula?

La Sonnambula has a runtime of 138 minutes.