La Sonnambula
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La sonnambula (The Sleepwaker) is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a vaudville by Eugène Scribe. First performance: Teatro Carcano, Milan in 1831.
La sonnambula is part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are a number of recordings of it and it is regularly performed.
Characters
- Principal roles
- Minor roles
- Teresa - Mezzo-soprano
- Alessio - Bass
- Other
- Notary - Tenor
- Villagers - Chorus
Noted arias
- "Ah! non credea mirarti" (Amina)
- "Come per me sereno" (Amina)
- "Vi ravviso" (Rodolfo)
- "Ah! non giunge!" (Amina)
- "Prendi, l'anel ti dono" (Elvino)es:La sonnambula