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La sonnambula (Italian pronunciation: [la sonˈnambula]; The Sleepwalker) is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the bel canto tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ballet-pantomime written by Eugène Scribe and choreographed by Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L ...
Mar 14, 2009 · An immense success in its first production in 1831 as well as in its first performances at the Met (1883), La Sonnambula’s popularity waned—at the Met at least—after the First World War. In later revivals, it was presented as a vehicle for sopranos who could fully exploit the florid ornament of Bellini’s writing for its heroine, Amina.
Sep 4, 2024 · An introduction to La sonnambula. Directors and sets and costumes designers Jean-Philippe Clarac and Olivier Deloeuil (LE LAB) introduce their production of La sonnambula at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Behind the scenes.
- Francesco Lanzillotta
- Vincenzo Bellini
- Jean-Philippe ClaracOlivier Deloeuil “LE LAB”
- Felice Romani
Jul 2, 2010 · When Bellini wrote La Sonnambula, he was trying to get around some persnickety censors -- a sort of Italian "ratings council" -- who had just nixed his latest project. He'd been working on a...
- Bruce Scott
- Online Opera Guide & Synopsis to Bellini’s La Sonnambula
- History and Libretto
- A Singer-Opera
- Maria Callas
- Lisa Is Unhappily in Love with Elvino
- Amina Is Happy
- The Romantic Duet
- A Stranger Shows Up
- The Story of The Wondrous Ghost
- The Murderous Cadenza in «Son Geloso Del Zefiro Errante»
With “La sonnambula” Bellini created his first great masterpiece. The singers Battista Rubini and Giuditta Pasta made this opera immortal. 120 years later Maria Callas triggered a renaissance of this work, which continues to this day. A few months after La sonnambula Bellini wrote the greatest success of his career with “Norma”, making 1831 the hap...
When Bellini began composing the opera, he was under considerable time pressure. He had to cancel the planned scoring of Romani’s libretto “Ernani” in November 1830 due to censorship.They quickly had to search for a new text, for the Sicilian had less than two months until the planned premiere in February 1831. His librettist Romani was a busy auth...
Since the piece is uninspiring from a dramatical view and Bellini wrote for voices with long lines and great coloratura skills, it requires accomplished singers in the two leading roles. For the premiere im Milano, he had the two greatest singers of his time at his disposal, Giuditta Pasta and Battista Rubini, so Bellini jumped at the chance to dra...
With Jenny Lind and Adelina Patti, the era of lyrical coloratura sopranos began in the course of the 19th century, and the opera became, with their successors, an opera for “canaries”, i.e. singers who mainly performed their coloraturas. In the playlist with Luisa Tetrazzini with “Ah! Non giunge” you can hear a (beguiling) recording of a representa...
A sad introduction played by horn and oboe introduces Lisa’s Cavatina. It is a beautiful, uncomplicated melody that describes Lisa as a simple country girl. Tutto è gioia – Buchanan Bellini composed a tender, beautifully melodic entrance song for Amina. With the jump of the sixth in the main melody and the flowery ornaments, it is clearly more arti...
The melody is introduced by flutes and repeated by Amina (“Place your hand here upon my breast”). The country people accompany her with dotted notes to draw the beating of the heart. Amina’s voice jumps again and again into high registers (up to the high D in “sostener”) to express the happiness she feels. Sutherland recorded the Sonnambula twice w...
Bellini gives Elvino one of his long, melting melodies in the style of a nocturne. Bellini makes the passage “al nostro amore” especially beautiful by accompanying only by horn alone, which makes it blossom in a wonderfully romantic way. Solemnly the choir accompanies the couple as quietly and tenderly as if it did not want to disturb the togethern...
At a measured tempo, as befits his position, Rodolfo sings a nostalgic aria. As if he were a foreign body, he is accompanied only very cautiously by the choir of the village people. Vi raviso, o luoghi ameni – Furlanetto
Synopsis: He mingles with the celebrating people and the bride is introduced to him. Rodolfo becomes thoughtful, her face reminds him too much of the past. His compliments to Amina reinforce Lisa’s jealousy and arouse Elvino’s envy of the noble stranger. Rodolfo learns that the lord of the castle has been dead for four years and that his son, much ...
This duet begins with a tender passage and then moves on to a gigantic, fully composed cadenza “Ah! Mio bene!”, which takes the two singers’ voices to dizzying heights. The scene ends with a heartbreaking farewell ritual. Cesare Valletti, a pupil of Tito Schipa, was vocally outstandingly suited to the role of Elvino with his vocal range as Tenore d...
The Italian libretto was written by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ballet-pantomime written by Eugène Scribe and choreographed by Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.
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La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the bel canto tradition by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.
