Opera review

Rachele Gilmore is outstanding in Bellini’s La Sonnambula at Miami’s Arsht Center

La Sonnanbula: Rachele Gilmore as Amina.

Gaston de Cardenas / FGO

By David Fleshler

South Florida Classical Review

Florida Grand Opera extended its winning streak this season to three for three, putting on an outstanding production of Bellini’s La Sonnambula, a tale of love, sleepwalking and jealousy in a Swiss village, which opened Saturday night at the Arsht Center in Miami.

The star of the performance was the soprano Rachele Gilmore, a former FGO Young Artist from suburban Atlanta who has gone on to roles in the world’s leading opera houses. Dark-haired and petite, she sang with enormous vocal power, depth of feeling and beauty of tone, bringing the complete package to a role that requires both extreme virtuosity and a gift for the melodic long line.

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