La Sonnambula

La Sonnambula

(La Sonnambula), Mary Zimmerman / USA, 2009
Italian version / Czech and English subtitles, 150 min

Mary Zimmerman, who directed Natalie Dessay in last season’s hit production of Lucia di Lammermoor, underlines La Sonnambula’s dual elements of sleep and wakefulness in an intriguing staging set in the present. Bellini’s hauntingly lyrical score soars as performed by Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, back from their sensational run together in La Fille du Régiment.