Bellini's La sonnambula from Paris

[volcanohunter]

Medici TV will be streaming Bellini's La sonnambula, starring Natalie Dessay, Javier Camarena and Michele Pertusi, live from the Opéra Bastille on Monday, February 15, at 19.30 Paris time/1:30 p.m. ET. I'm not sure whether the live feed requires a Medici account, but it's very easy to set up and costs nothing.

http://www.medici.tv/#/a/520/la-sonnambula...5/br-the-opera/

[volcanohunter]

The opera is also streaming live on the Paris Opera site.

http://www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/

[dirac]

Thanks for posting about this, volcanohunter. I hope some were able to tune in. Did you hear it? This is such a beautiful opera.

[Hans]

I was able to see the last half of Act 2. La Sonnambula isn't my favourite of Bellini's operas, and the production was very strange, but I thought the cast sang very well.

[volcanohunter]

The video is available on demand at the Medici TV web site. It costs nothing to view, though you need to create and/or sign in to a user account.

[dirac]

Thanks again for the links, volcanohunter.

[richard53dog]

Just a little slightly to go with this thread:

Natalie Dessay, who has been singing the lead role of Amina has been fighting a bad cold. Last week she was unable to sing after the first act and the management had no cover or understudy. So that performance was cancelled and the audience sent home during what would have been the first intermission.

No refunds! Although after a bit of negative "comment" the box office has offered some discounts for purchases for ticket holders of the cancelled performance.

[dirac]

No refunds !?! That's amazing. Well, not really.