La sonnambula

The Sonnambula or a waking dream. A Swiss village, for a Sicilian such as Vincenzo Bellini, could not better define a non-place or an elsewhere, marked by a disturbing strangeness. The space takes shape there under the guidance of the dream itself, indeed one speaks there to the stars, to the flowers, in an almost animistic relationship to the world. The spatial genius of the dream is to know no edges. The dreamer sticks to it like a tightrope walker on a razor's edge. Like Amina during her ghostly appearances. As for the story, we see there as the traces of an occult ceremony, the reliefs of a banquet which we have forgotten in honor of who or what was prepared. As with any dream, the meaning is coded. As in any dream, the key to the code is called Desire. Francesca Lattuada Musical direction | Beatrice Venezi Direction, choreography, decorations | Francesca Lattuada Lights, sets | Christian Dubet Costumes, sets | Bruno Fatalot Costume making | Atelier de l'Opéra Grand Avignon and Atelier MBV Musical studies | Thomas Palmer Amina | Julia Muzychenko* Elvino Marco | Ciaponi Lisa | Francesca Pia Vitale* Teresa | Olga Syniakova Count Rodolfo | Alexey Birkus* Alessio | Clarke Ruth* The Notary | Gentin Ngjela Contortionist | Lise Pauton Orchester National d'Auvergne Opera Grand Avignon Choir Direction Aurore Marchand - New production by Clermont-Auvergne Opera Co-production Vichy Opera – Vichy Culture, Imperial Theater-Compiègne Opera, Limoges Opera, Massy Opera, Metz Métropole and Opéra de Reims *Winners of the 27th Clermont-Ferrand International Singing Competition decorations | Bruno Fatalot Costume making | Atelier de l'Opéra Grand Avignon and Atelier MBV Musical studies | Thomas Palmer Amina | Julia Muzychenko* Elvino Marco | Ciaponi Lisa | Francesca Pia Vitale* Teresa | Olga Syniakova Count Rodolfo | Alexey Birkus* Alessio | Clarke Ruth* The Notary | Gentin Ngjela Contortionist | Lise Pauton Orchester National d'Auvergne Chorus of the Opéra Grand Avignon Direction Aurore Marchand - New production by Clermont-Auvergne Opéra Co-production Opéra de Vichy – Vichy Culture, Théâtre Impérial-Opéra de Compiègne, Opéra de Limoges, Opéra de Massy, ​​Opéra de Metz Métropole and Opéra de Reims *Winners of the 27th Clermont-Ferrand International Singing Competition decorations | Bruno Fatalot Costume making | Atelier de l'Opéra Grand Avignon and Atelier MBV Musical studies | Thomas Palmer Amina | Julia Muzychenko* Elvino Marco | Ciaponi Lisa | Francesca Pia Vitale* Teresa | Olga Syniakova Count Rodolfo | Alexey Birkus* Alessio | Clarke Ruth* The Notary | Gentin Ngjela Contortionist | Lise Pauton Orchester National d'Auvergne Opera Grand Avignon Choir Direction Aurore Marchand - New production by Clermont-Auvergne Opera Co-production Vichy Opera – Vichy Culture, Imperial Theater-Compiègne Opera, Limoges Opera, Massy Opera, Metz Métropole and Opéra de Reims *Winners of the 27th Clermont-Ferrand International Singing Competition,