2025-26 season kicks off at Greenbrier Valley Theatre on October 26
Greenbrier Valley Theatre (GVT) is once again thrilled to present The Met: Live in HD starting with La Sonnambula on Oct. 26 at 11 a.m.
The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s La Sonnambula marks the beginning of the 19th season of The Met: Live in HD with soprano Nadine Sierra making her company role debut as Amina and tenor Xabier Anduaga in his company role debut as Elvino. In recent Live in HD seasons, Sierra has sung the role of Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (2024), Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata (2022), and the title role of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (2022). Anduaga’s turn as Elvino also marks his Live in HD debut.
Making his Met directorial debut, Rolando Villazón explores the opera’s themes of love and loss while retaining its original setting in the Swiss Alps. Conductor Riccardo Frizza leads a cast that also features soprano Sydney Mancasola as Lisa and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Count Rodolfo.
The creative team includes set designer Johannes Leiacker, costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting designer Donald Holder, projection designer Renaud Rubiano in his Met debut, and choreographer Leah Hausman. The performance of La Sonnambula will mark the opera’s 84th performance at the Met and second Live in HD transmission to cinemas worldwide. Villazón’s staging marks the first new Met production of the opera since 2009.
Gary Halvorson will direct the Live in HD presentation for cinemas, and Grammy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musician and composer Rhiannon Giddens will host the transmission, sharing exclusive behind-the-scenes content and interviews during intermission.
Tickets are available at https://gvtheatre.org/opera/.
About Greenbrier Valley Theatre:
The State Professional Theatre of West Virginia, is committed to its mission statement to create live, professional quality theatre in West Virginia and, through theatre, to enlighten, enrich, and enliven the life of our region.
Throughout each year, GVT produces first-class theatrical productions featuring professional actors. Additionally, Greenbrier Valley Theatre offers a successful after-school drama program, a summer camp for children and teens, literary readings, live simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera, special events and musical performances, art appreciation activities, lectures, discussions and workshops.
Learn more about GVT at www.gvtheatre.org.
