Opera Australia - La sonnambula Tickets

Prepare to be swept away when Opera Australia presents its first production of Bellini’s La sonnambula. Maestro Richard Bonynge conducts soprano Emma Matthews as the sleeping songbird Amina. In a remote hamlet in the foothills of the Alps a wedding is about to take place. Much to the innkeeper Lisa’s chagrin, Amina and Elvino are in love, and all looks set for a happy ending. But as the sun goes down Amina is discovered in the bed of another man. Will there still be a wedding? Will Amina be the bride? And could the mysterious stranger who has just arrived from afar solve the mystery?

Director Julie Edwardson brings a twentieth-century insight to this nineteenth-century tale as she pits the quaint superstitions of a rustic community against the uncharted realms of the subconscious. This elegant new production is inspired by the writings of Freud and Jung, the vibrant colours of German Expressionist art and, of course, Bellini’s exhilarating tumble of sweet melodies.

The dazzling coloratura of Amina’s show-stealing arias is one of the great challenges of the soprano repertoire. Under the leadership of Richard Bonynge, two of our own take the challenge, Emma Matthews and Hye Seoung Kwon. With Aldo Di Toro as Elvino, Lorina Gore as Lisa and Stephen Bennett as Count Rodolfo, it will be a performance to be treasured.

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