La sonnambula
Vincenzo Bellini
Hampstead Garden Opera presents Bellini’s enchanting bel canto masterpiece, performed by two outstanding casts of emerging operatic talent.
Performance Dates
6–15 November 2026Performances at 7.00pm (Sunday 8 and Sunday 15 November at 4.00 pm)
Venue
Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate N6 5AA
Production
Director
John Wilkie
Assistant Director
Conductor
Stefano Boccacci
Assistant Conductor
James Gillett
Production manager
Thomas Quine
Designer
Jennifer Gregory
Lighting Designer
Jacob Gowler
Stage Manager
Zoe Navarre
Social Media
Madeleine Todd
An opera full of love, jealousy, misunderstandings and peril — and, unusually, nobody dies!
Bellini’s La sonnambula is one of opera’s most enchanting works: a tender, luminous story of love and reconciliation, carried by some of the most beautiful writing of the bel canto repertoire. Our new production, directed by John Wilkie, and conducted by Stefano Boccacci, brings fresh theatrical and musical perspectives to Bellini’s extraordinary score. And, as usual, we have amazing casts!
At once intimate, playful and deeply moving, La sonnambula explores how quickly trust can be lost — and the extraordinary power of love when it is restored.
With the generous support of
Cockayne Grants for the Arts
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
The Fidelio Charitable Trust
Friends of HGO
Supporters of the HGO Singers Fund
The Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust
The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust
The Thompson Educational Trust
The Thriplow Charitable Trust
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Cast Members
Performing 6, 8, 12 and 14 November
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Rodolfo
Matias Carbonetti Schwanek, bass-baritone
Performing 7, 11, 13 and 15 November
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Elvino
Tobias Campos Santinaque, tenor
Chorus all performances
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Rehearsal images
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La Sonnambula
Vincenzo Bellini
Hampstead Garden Opera presents Bellini’s enchanting bel canto masterpiece, performed by two outstanding casts of emerging operatic talent.
Performance Dates
6–15 November 2026Performances at 7.00pm (Sunday 8 and Sunday 15 November at 4.00 pm)
Venue
Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate
Next Up: Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Hampstead Garden Opera returns to Jacksons Lane in March 2027 with Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Seduction, deception and revenge drive this extraordinary opera towards one of the most thrilling endings in the repertoire.
Performance Dates
12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 March 2027.
Venue
Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate N6 5AA
Jonathan Darbourne returns to conduct following HGO’s La Cenerentola. A conductor, singer and arranger, Jonathan is co-founder and Artistic Director of Vache Baroque, where he has led fully staged operas and imaginative concert projects. Kentaro Machida joins him as assistant conductor.
The production will be directed by Cecilia Stinton, whose recent work includes Lucia di Lammermoor and Così fan tutte for Opera Holland Park, and Così fan tutte for Opera North. She has previously directed Don Giovanni at Italy’s Da Ponte Opera Festival.