Welcome back everyone as we present:
The Metropolitan Opera HD Broadcast of

LA SONNAMBULA by Vincenzo Bellini

 

On Saturday, October 18 at 1:00 pm, the Live at the Met opera season returns to the newly renovated Shelburne Falls Theater at Memorial Hall with the season opener LA SONNAMBULA. 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.

Future Broadcasts are as follows:
Nov. 8, 2025, 12:55pm La Boheme - Giacomo Puccini,
Nov. 22, 2025, 12:55pm Arabella - Richard Strauss
Dec. 13, 2025, 12:55pm Andrea Chenier - Umberto Giordano
Jan. 10, 2026 12:55pm I Puritan - Vincenzo Bellini
Mar. 21, 2026 11:55pm (please note time) Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner
May 2, 2026, 12:55pm Eugen Onegin - Pyortilyich Tchaikovsky
May 30, 2026, 12:55pm El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego - Gabriela Lena Frank
 
Tickets are on sale for $22 at the door.