opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoVincenzo Bellini, La Sonnambula (1831)
libretto by Felice Romani
Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège, 2023
- Conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti
- Director: Jaco Van Dormael
- Choreographer: Michèle Anne De Mey
- Set Designer: Vincent Lemaire
- Amina: Jessica Pratt
- Elvino: René Barbera
A gorgeously-sung Sonnambula. You will either be distracted or delighted by the elaborate choreography, which makes use of what I'd have to describe as a sort of overhead projector that translates the tops of the dancers (in whatever orientation they assume) into their fronts.