The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula

ROYAL BALLET AND OPERA CINEMA SEASON 2025/26

The Metropolitan Opera
LA SONNAMBULA [New Production]
AS LIVE: Tuesday 21st October 2025, 18:45 BST
Running time: 195 minutes, One Interval
Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Cast:
Amina NADINE SIERRA
Lisa SYDNEY MANCASOLA
Elvino XABIER ANDUAGA
Rodolfo ALEXANDER VINOGRADOV

Creatives:
Music VINCENZO BELLINI
Conductor RICCARDO FRIZZA
Director ROLANDO VILLAZÓN
Set Designer JOHANNES LEIACKER
Costumer Designer BRIGITTE REIFFENSTUEL
Lighting Designer DONALD HOLDER
Projection Designer RENAUD RUBIANO
Choreographer LEAH HAUSMAN

Synopsis:
Following triumphant Met turns in Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, and 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 returns after his acclaimed 2023 Met debut in L’Elisir d’Amore, co-starring 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.