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Bellini, La sonnambula
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 March 2026 | ||||||
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Without ever knowing, the heroine of this Vincenzo Bellini opera performs death-defying feats at dizzying heights, while the singer tasked with portraying her is only too aware that hers is one of the bel canto repertoire’s most beautiful and risky roles. On this occasion, it will be Nadine Sierra demonstrating her virtuosity with a charm that is as insurmountable as it is fragile, while the director of the production to open the global season of MET HD broadcasts is Rolando Villazón, whose imagination shines through more than ever in response to this artistic challenge. The Müpa Budapest audience has had the opportunity to celebrate him on several occasions, and the same is true of the conductor of this splendid performance of The Sleepwalker, Riccardo Frizza.
The broadcast will be sung in the original language, and shown with Hungarian and English subtitles.
The ‘Metropolitan Opera Live in HD’ transmissions have been made possible through the cooperation of our partner, liveincinema.eu s.r.o.
Program and cast
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Cast:
Amina: Nadine Sierra
Lisa: Sydney Mancasola
Elvino: Xabier Anduaga
Rodolfo: Alexander Vinogradov
Creators:
set design: Johannes Leiacker
costumes: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
lighting: Donald Holder
choreography: Leah Hausman
director: Rolando Villazón
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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