Review: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims and the Met’s La Sonnambula

Xabier Anduaga and Nadine Sierra as Elvino and Amina.

a man clinging to the edge of a slanted, snowy roof while a woman in a white nightgown reaches upward toward him from below, emphasizing the perilous staging of a sleepwalking scene in La Sonnambula.

While Opera Philadelphia Served up its Snappy Rare Rossini Without Stars, Sierra and Anduaga Scaled Bel Canto Heights in the Met’s Dour New La Sonnambula

Review: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims and the Met’s La Sonnambula