La
Sonnambula debuts at the Michigan Opera Theatre
DETROIT:
Michigan Opera Theatre opens its 2008 Spring Opera Season with the
company’s first-ever production of Vincenzo Bellini’s La
Sonnambula, a haunting tale of love, betrayal and redemption,
with five performances, March 29-April 6, 2008.
This premiere
marks the first time La Sonnambula has been presented in
Detroit in the 37-year history of Michigan Opera Theatre. |
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“We are
excited to bring a Bellini masterpiece to Detroit audiences for
the first time. It’s such a thrill to be able to present this
beautiful production with such an illustrious production team that
includes such well-known names in the opera world as Renata Scotto
and Richard Bonynge,” said Michigan Opera Theatre General Director
David DiChiera.
La
Sonnambula
takes place during a time when innocence, feudal lords, and
superstition reign over the hearts and minds of townspeople at an
1830s inn, located in Switzerland. Amina, a sleepwalker mistaken
for a ghost in her nocturnal wanderings, unwittingly enters the
room of mysterious stranger, Count Rodolfo. When her fiancé Elvino
finds his bride-to-be sleeping in the Count’s room, he immediately
claims infidelity and calls off the marriage. All ends well,
however, when the Count’s hidden identity is exposed, the truth is
awakened within Elvino, and the two lovers are safely reunited.
The cast of
includes two sopranos alternating in the role of Amina, including
Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina, making her
Michigan Opera Theatre debut, and Cuban-American soprano Eglise
Gutiérrez, who made her MOT debut as Liu in Turandot in
the spring 2007 season.
Charles
Castronovo,
who made his company debut as Rodolfo in La Bohéme in 2005,
alternates the role of Elvino with Andrea Cesare Coronella,
an Italian tenor. Andrew Gangestad, a Korean-American bass,
will alternate in the role of the mysterious Rodolfo with
returning Polish bass Daniel Borowski.
Tickets
range from $28-$120, and are available at the Detroit Opera House
ticket office (1526 Broadway, Detroit, 48226), by phone at (313)
237-SING (7464) and online at
www.MichiganOpera.org. Tickets are also available at all
TicketMaster outlets, by phone at (248) 645-6666 or online at
www.TicketMaster.com.
Bellini’s
La Sonnambula
Saturday,
March 29, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday,
April 2, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April
4, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 5,
2008 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April
6, 2008 2:30 p.m.
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