Howard Kissel: The Cultural Tourist<br> La Sonnambula
I should mention that in the theater I admired Zimmerman's "Arabian Nights" and "Metamorphoses" as well as last season's "Lucia di Lammermoor," but this "Sonnambula" is truly a disgrace. If the financial crisis means that the Met has to cut back on new productions perhaps greater care will be exercised in selecting directors who can illuminate the opera rather than sending it up.