[Met Performance] CID:352928
La Sonnambula {68} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/11/2009., Sirius Broadcast live
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Metropolitan Opera House
March 11, 2009 Broadcast
LA SONNAMBULA {68}
Bellini-F. Romani
Amina...................Natalie Dessay
Elvino..................Juan Diego Flórez
Rodolfo.................Michele Pertusi
Lisa....................Jennifer Black
Teresa..................Jane Bunnell
Alessio.................Jeremy Galyon
Notary..................Bernard Fitch
Conductor...............Evelino Pidò
Production..............Mary Zimmerman
Set Designer............Daniel Ostling
Costume Designer........Mara Blumenfeld
Lighting Designer.......T. J. Gerckens
Choreographer...........Daniel Pelzig
Note: The Met's production is set in a contemporary rehearsal room, where a traditional production of La Sonnambula, set in a Swiss village, is being prepared. In that rehearsal space, all the events and relations that Bellini's characters experience also happen to the rehearsing preformers in their own "real" lives. In this staging, Amina and Elvino are played by two singers (also named Amina and Elvino) who are, like their fictional counterparts, lovers. The chorus consititutes the population of the Swiss village, and Lisa, the innkeeper of La Sonnambula, is the stage manager.
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