Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

In this week’s OCS, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric discuss Vincenzo Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece, La Sonnambula. Set in a Swiss village in the early nineteenth century, it’s the story of Amina whose habit of sleepwalking has scared the villagers, who believe there’s a phantom haunting their hamlet, and risks destroying her relationship with her fiancé Elvino. The Metropolitan Opera’s production of La Sonnambula airs Saturday, March 29th, at noon on Houston Public... Read More