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La sonnambula is an Italian opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, first performed at La Scala in Milan, on March 6, 1831, libretto by Felice Romani, after Eugène Sribe's ballet-pantomime La somnanbule. Bellini's most pastoral work, it was an immediate success and is still regularly performed.

Principal roles and voice types

Discography

  • 1952: Lina Pagliughi (Amina), Ferruccio Tagliavini (Elvino), Cesare Siepi (Rodolfo), Wanda Ruggeri (Lisa), Anna Maria Anelli (Teresa); Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino, Franco Capuana - (Preiser Records)
  • 1955: Maria Callas (Amina), Cesare Valletti (Elvino), Giuseppe Modesti (Rodolfo), Eugenia Ratti (Lisa), Gabriella Carturan (Teresa); Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Leonard Bernstein - (EMI Classics)
  • 1957: Maria Callas (Amina), Nicola Monti (Elvino), Nicola Zaccaria (Rodolfo), Eugenia Ratti (Lisa), Fiorenza Cossotto (Teresa); Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto - (EMI Classics)
  • 1962: Joan Sutherland (Amina), Nicola Monti (Elvino), Fernando Corena (Rodolfo), Sylvia Stahlman (Lisa), Margreta Elkins (Teresa); Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Richard Bonynge - (Decca)
  • 1980: Joan Sutherland (Amina), Luciano Pavarotti (Elvino), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Rodolfo), Isobel Buchanan (Lisa), Della Jones (Teresa); London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge - (Decca)
  • 2006: Natalie Dessay (Amina), Francesco Meli (Elvino), Carlo Colombara (Rodolfo), Sara Mingardo (Lisa), Jael Azzaretti (Teresa); Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pido - (Virgin Classics)
  • 2008: Cecilia Bartoli (Amina), Juan Diego Flórez (Elvino), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Rodolfo), Gemma Bertagnolli (Lisa), Liliana Nikiteanu (Teresa); Chor des Opernhauses Zürich, Orchestra La Scintilla, Alessandro de Marchi - (L'Oiseau-Lyre)
  • The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993.

Images for kids

  • Annoncredamirarti

    Ah! non credea mirarti / Sì presto estinto, o fiore ("I did not believe you would fade so soon, oh flower"). This text from act 2, scene 2, of La sonnambula appears on Bellini's tomb in Catania

  • Belini-young-in colour

    Vincenzo Bellini by Natale Schiavoni

  • Giuditta Pasta-Amina-La sonnambula

    Giuditta Pasta as Amina, May 1831 premiere

  • Giovanni Battista Rubini Portrait

    Tenor Giovanni Battista Rubini sang Elvino

  • Maria Malibran-London 1833 as Amina

    Maria Malibran as Amina – London 1833

  • Jenny Lind-La sonambula-1831

    Jenny Lind in La sonnambula, 1840s

  • Karl Brullov 04

    Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani as Amina by Karl Bryullov, 1834

  • Elisa Taccani by Giuseppe Cornienti - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON010853

    Elisa Taccani, who created the role of Lisa, by Giuseppe Cornienti

  • Disegno per copertina di libretto, disegno di Peter Hoffer per La sonnambula (1954) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON012419

    Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for La sonnambula (1954).

  • La sonnambula-Sanquirico set design-act 2-sc2

    Alessandro Sanquirico's set design for act 2 scene 1

  • La-Sonnambula-Alessandro-Sanquirico-2

    Alessandro Sanquirico's set design for the act. 2 scene 2 sleepwalking scene for the premiere production

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: La sonámbula para niños

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