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	La Sonnambula - Starring Anna Moffo, on VAI Audio
		Given the confidence and polish of her performance, it is astonishing to note that, aside from a performance as Norina in Don Pasquale at the Spoleto Festival the year before, the demanding role of Amina in La Sonnambula was the young soprano’s first encounter with the bel canto repertoire.
		The director for La Sonnambula was the estimable Mario Lanfranchi, who exhibits an imaginative artistic creativity that is always consistent with the intentions of the composer and librettist.
		The cast for La Sonnambula is rounded out by the fine lyric tenor Danilo Vega and the noted bass Plinio Clabassi, who was a strong presence in the operatic world of the 1950s and ‘60s.
	www.vaimusic.com /VIDEO/DVD_4239_69236_SonnambulaMoffo.htm (427 words)

	La Sonnambula (The Sleep-Walker) - Opera
		"La Sonnambula" or "The Sleep-Walker," composed by Bellini, is a light opera in three acts, produced in Milan, March 6, 1831.
		"La Sonnambula " is a simple Swiss village story, its hero being the prosperous young Elvino and its heroine Amina, an orphan girl dowered with nothing but her personal attractions, whom Elvino is about to wed.
		Lisa is infatuated with Elvino, and, in consequence, she scorns her lover, Alessio, and is willing to make use of any circumstance which may prevent the approaching union between Elvino and Amina.
	www.tribalsmile.com /music/article_120.shtml (493 words)

	University Press of Florida - Reading Room Features
		La Sonnambula was not only Kronstam's first leading role and his breakthrough into the top ranks of the Royal Danish Ballet at the age of twenty, but in many ways it remained at the core of his repertory.
		La Sonnambula is a ballet of atmosphere and the Poet must be a dancer who can create and sustain both character and mood with very little incident to support him.
		La Sonnambula received 192 performances in Copenhagen between 1956 and 1976 and was frequently included in the company's foreign and Danish tours.
	www.upf.com /Mkt/samples/tomalonis2.html (1561 words)

	La Sonnambula
		Bellini wrote La Sonnambula during a period of intense competition with Donizetti.
		In December, 1830, Milan's La Scala offered the premiere of I Capuletti e i Montecchi on the same night that Anna Bolena opened at the rival Teatro Carcano.
		The first Anna (Guiditta Pasta) and Percy (Giovanni Rubini) also starred in the first La Sonnambula in March 1831 at the Carcano.
	www.oony.org /1999/lasonnam.htm (62 words)

	La Sonnambula -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		La Sonnambula is an (A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes) opera by (Italian composer of operas (1801-1835)) Vincenzo Bellini.
		It was first performed in (The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages) Milan in 1831.
		La Sonnambula is part of the (Click link for more info and facts about standard operatic repertoire) standard operatic repertoire.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/la_sonnambula.htm (124 words)

	Classical Net Review - Cherubini/Bellini/Giodano - Medea/La Sonnambula/ Andrea Chénier
		La Scala realized this when they revived it for Callas in 1955, so they brought in Luchino Visconti to direct the production.
		La Scala revived the production for twelve more performances in 1957, and once those were completed, Callas never sang Amina again.) It was the 1957 cast that made the commercial recording for EMI.
		Callas's detractors, it is said, found any excuse to rattle her – by extravagantly cheering every lead's performance but hers, and by responding nastily to perceived faults in her singing.
	www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/e/emi67909a.html (1376 words)

	Press: Anchorage Opera Dusts Off "La Sonnambula" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		La Sonnamubula is a kind of triathlon of opera, challenging its singers with its musical extremes.
		La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) is Amina, a properly modest, engaged-to-be-married maiden during daylight hours who wanders into the bedrooms of strange gentlemen at night.
		La Sonnambula opens April 3 in the Discovery Theatre of the Alaska Center for Performing Arts and plays on April 5, 7, 9 and 11.
	www.anchoragepress.com /archives/document8db4.html (360 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: La Sonnambula Comp (Ital) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		La Sonnambula: Care Compagne, E Voi, Teneri Amici (Amina)
		La Sonnambula: Act I, Scene 2: D'un Pensiero E D'un Accento (Amina)
		La Sonnambula: Act II, Scene 1: Qui La Selva E Più Folta Ed Ombrasa (Contadini)
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000041RY (1055 words)

	Amazon.com: Bellini - La Sonnambula / Sutherland · Pavarotti · Ghiaurov · NPO · Bonynge: Music: Vincenzo ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I don't think it was wise of La Stupenda to record Amina so late in her career, especially since her earlier recording was so good and still sounds fine.
		It would be foolish to pretend that she still sounds young and fresh, she doesn't, and in spite of her devotion (which I admire) to these marvelous Bel Canto operas, the pleasure she gives is very limited.
		Bellini's LA SONNAMBULA was one of the most popular operas of the 19th century and is still staged when the right performers are available, which sadly isn't all that often.
	www.amazon.com /Bellini-Sonnambula-Sutherland-Pavarotti-Ghiaurov/dp/B0000041RY (1386 words)

	Shambards-Sonnambula - Leigh Witchel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Unfortunately, la Cour and Körbes are underused, posing and stretching as the corps marches past.
		La Sonnambula has had numerous revisions since its 1946 premiere, but from what we see Balanchine doesn’t try and turn ballet vocabulary on its head while he’s examining its conventions.
		La Source is a pastiche of 19th century opera divertissements and it’s ballet presented straight-up, no chaser.
	www.danceviewtimes.com /dvny/reviews/2004/spring/nycb13.htm (1808 words)

	Florez Reviews La Sonnambula London 2002
		La sonnambula again finds her capturing the subtlest elegances of nuance and phrasing, so that the coloratura is not merely an outward show of technique; it is always subordinated to a sense of inner feeling.
		What I object to is the way it gives La sonnambula a knowing quality at odds with Bellini's simple, sentimental melodramma.
		By failing to show Amina in a compromising position - she is found asleep not in the Count's bedroom, but on the floor of the all-purpose ballroom - Marelli removes the motivation for Elvino's misunderstandings.
	www.jcarreras.homestead.com /FlorezRevSonnambulaLondon02.html (2403 words)

	La Sonnambula (Bellini) - Synopsis
		Tetrazzini was brilliant in "La Sonnambula." Elvino is a stick of a rôle for tenor.
		The story of "Sonnambula" is simple and thoroughly intelligible, which cannot be said for all opera plots.
		All these elements contribute to the success of "La Sonnambula," which, produced in 1831, still is a good evening’s entertainment.
	www.music-with-ease.com /la-sonnambula-synopsis.html (1575 words)

	New York City Ballet - La Source, Shambards, La Sonnambula
		La Source (1968): Music by Leo Delibes, Choreography by George Balanchine, Costumes by Karinska, Lighting by Mark Stanley, Conductor: Richard Moredock, Performed by Jenifer Ringer, Ashley Bouder, and Benjamin Millepied.
		La Source is inherently romantic and rapturous, although structured and plotless.
		As La Sonnambula, the sleepwalker, the wife of the host (the Baron), performed by the theatrical and magnetic James Fayette, Ms.
	www.exploredance.com /nycb052104.html (1279 words)

	Opera Today : BELLINI: La Sonnambula
		Franz Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words is well known, both as a familiar part of modern Lenten devotions and also as something of a stylistic oddity, I suspect.
		In dedicating much of his creative life to the Thomaskirche, the German musician Günther Ramin left his mark on the musical life of Leipzig, and his legacy includes a fine recording of Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, op.
		For a time her “Ebben, ne andro lontano” from La Wally almost became a hit and several commercials used a small part of the aria.
	www.operatoday.com /content/2006/01/bellini_la_sonn.php (1342 words)

	BELLINI La Sonnambula Callas [JP]: Classical CD Reviews- Feb 2003 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
		This set will have her fans salivating as one of the most prominent features of a Callas performance is here in full — the dramatic presence on stage, and the ability to make the drama come alive, simply by the use on one’s ears.
		Maria Callas performed in La Sonnambula 10 times in March and April with Bernstein at La Scala, a further 12 performances with Antonio Votto, 6 at La Scala in March 1957, followed by 2 in Köln, and finally 4 in Edinburgh also in 1957.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2003/Feb03/Bellini_Callas.htm (662 words)

	La Sonnambula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After the extraordinary success of that opera in 2004, we are proud to continue the ‘bel canto’ theme in 2005.
		La Sonnambula tells the story of a beautiful young orphan who is beset by sleepwalking.
		La Sonnambula is a captivating opera of breathtaking musical clarity.
	www.rbkc.gov.uk /ohp2005season/lasonnambula (172 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: 1955 La Sonnambula Comp Liv (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		While Medea is all vengeance and rage, Amina in Sonnambula is a delicate, sweet, village girl whose sleepwalking confuses the locals into thinking she's unfaithful to her fiancé.
		This 1955 live recording of Bellini's La sonnambula from La Scala's opening night of the opera is a wonderful record of an exciting evening at the venerable house.
		The supporting cast is a testament to the POWER and resources of La Scala, who had singers such as Valletti and Ratti to draw upon.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000069V7N (1192 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		non credea mirarti" from La Sonnambula is a highlight, to Rosa Ponselle and Maria Callas, the latter represented by her 1949 Cetra recording of "Qui la voce.
		perché non posso odiarti" from La Sonnambula and Alessandro Bonci's 1905 "A te, o cara" from I Puritani, a virtual lesson in bel canto singing style despite the beat in the voice exaggerated by the acoustic recording technique.
		A welcome surprise is the inclusion of the young Cesare Siepi's 1948 Cetra recording of "Va ravviso" from La Sonnambula, his smooth, even tone and stylish delivery a reminder of what a great singer this Met mainstay of the 1950s was.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=4820 (510 words)

	BELLINI La Sonnambula ARTS 47291-2 [RJF]: Classical CD Reviews- Jan 2005 MusicWeb-International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Litta and his associates failed to secure La Scala for their plans, which were realised at the Teatro Carcano.
		The machinations of Litta in releasing Bellini from his existing contract, but failing to secure La Scala for his enterprise, as well as insights into the hectic life of composers whose works were not protected by copyright, are graphically described by Stelios Galtopoulos in his recent Bellini, Life, Times, Music (Sanctuary, 2002).
		The outcome was a total change to the politically innocuous subject of La Sonnambula based on Scribe’s ballet-pantomime.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2005/Jan05/Bellini_Sonnambula.htm (1280 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Sempre Libera - Anna Netrebko, Et Al
		Particularly noteworthy is her limpid singing of the Sonnambula aria, capped by fiery bravura.
		Anna Netrebko sings bel canto music with unusual spirit and temperament, and her singing of the Sonnambula scena is much more animated than that of her senior colleague, Renée Fleming.
		Though La Fleming currently occupies the throne, it would not be surprising if she, and in fact all other prima donnas, are nervously looking over their shoulders at Miss Netrebko’s juggernaut.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/Playlist?source=VOCE&date=200503261728 (558 words)

	Music Minus One -- Album Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This album contains a great collection of scenes and arias from Bellini's tremendous opera, 'La Sonnambula.' Operatic wonder Zvetelina Maldjanska sings these passionate scenes with full orchestra, then it's your turn to master them.
		Includes a printed vocal score on high-quality ivory paper, with informative liner notes; and a CD+G graphics-enabled compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by stereo orchestral accompaniments to each piece, minus the soloist.
		La Sonnambula - Act I, Scene 2: 'A te, dileta, tenera madre' (Amina)
	www.musicminusone.com /Main/Details.asp?AlbumID=708 (201 words)

	La Sonnambula in Full Score
		One of the most important opera composers of the early 19th century, Bellini was a master of the bel canto style, and one of the most popular composers of his time.
		His much-studied and frequently-performed opera La Sonnambula is particularly admired for the simplicity and economy of its orchestration and the inspired lyricism of the vocal writing.
		Scored for three solo singers, chorus, and orchestra, this work displays all the qualities that make Berlioz popular with audiences, conductors, and performers: brilliant and innovative orchestration, lyric and dramatic vocal writing, and magnificent choruses.
	store.doverpublications.com /0486430774.html (240 words)

	DVD La sonnambula / Tosca / La traviata / Tristan and Isolde
		La Sonnambula was the first recorded of the two, dating from 1956, a fl and white film in mono sound.
		The opera itself taxes credibility with its plot of a mysterious phantom ghost who turns out to be the sleepwalking Amina.
		Violetta was one of Anna Moffo's greatest operatic achievements, the role for her 1959 Metropolitan Opera debut, one which she recorded with great success for RCA Victor, and sang about 900 times during her career.
	classicalcdreview.com /DVDVIDEO14.html (860 words)

	Geometry.Net - Composers: Bellini Vincenzo
		La Sonnambula in Full Score (Dover Music Phoenix Editions) by Vincenzo Bellini, 10 June, 2004
		Vincenzo Bellini Pictureâ”Encarta Encyclopedia Picture from Encarta Encyclopedia Synopsis of La Sonnambula Sidebarâ”Encarta Encyclopedia Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini first achieved international fame with his 1831 opera La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker).
		La nuova opera, eseguita l'ottobre 1927, costituì l'evento decisivo della sua carriera, che gli diede l'opportunità di accedere all'alta società milanese, forte anche dei commenti di una critica favorevole, in aperta competizione con i contemporanei e già affermati Pacini e Donizetti.
	www4.geometry.net /composers/bellini_vincenzo.html (1017 words)

	NPR's At The Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Or Bill Cosby's story about he and his brother horsing around and breaking a bed slat, then telling Dad that a strange, shoeless man jumped up and down on the bed after climbing in a window.
		The story features a young woman, engaged to be married, who needs a logical reason for getting caught in the wrong man's bed.
		And regular guest Thomson Smillie shows us that there's more to this "bel canto" opera than just "beautiful singing." It's all a prelude to the opera itself, in a performance by Opera Orchestra of New York from Carnegie Hall, coming up on NPR World of Opera, with Steve Curwood.
	www.npr.org /programs/attheopera/archives/010825.ato.html (376 words)

	Baltimore Opera - 2005-2006 Season - La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Baltimore Opera - 2005-2006 Season - La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker)
		From Eugene Scribe’s scenario for Jean-Pierre Aumer’s ballet La Sonnambula
		La Sonnambula is the tale of an Alpine maiden (Amina) whose sleepwalking takes her into the bedroom of the lord of the local castle, Count Rodolfo.
	www.baltimoreopera.com /season2005/lasonnambula.asp (169 words)

	La Sonnambula - Moviefone
		Vincenzo Bellini - La Sonnambula DVD Movie Vincenzo Bellini - La Sonnambula DVD movie video $25.55 in stock at CD Universe, DVD Features Region 0 NTSC Keep Case Widescreen 16 9 Audio Dolby Digital.
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		La Sonnambula VHS movie only $20.83, get the La Sonnambula movie...
	movies.aol.com /movie/la-sonnambula/1019859/main (154 words)

	MPB - Radio - Voices - Dec 02, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bellini: La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalking Girl) -- Act II Amina: Maria Callas, soprano
		We'll hear Callas at the height of her powers as the Sleepwalker in Act Two of Bellini's bel canto stunner "La Sonnambula," and as the Street-Singer in the Final Act of Ponchielli's blood-curdling "La Gioconda" (the villain's final line: "Last night your mother annoyed me so I strangled her!").
		Interestingly, Callas' first Sonnambulas at La Scala in 1955 were accompanied by debuting conductor Leonard Bernstein, whose musical biography continues following this program.
	www.etv.state.ms.us /radio/programs/voices-contribute/041202.htm (214 words)

	vilaine fille
		Repeats of Wagner's Tristan conducted by Salonen and of Puccini's La fanciulla del West (which is, in fact, the anti-Tristan—though I can't explain why until I ditch the day job) conducted by Pappano.
		Truth be told, then, I didn't expect much from this season's revival of La Cenerentola, but I ended up liking it more than I expected to.
		It's true that the idea of this album really excited me. The Fellinian visual from "La dolce vita," a film that Pasolini saw as a "baroque fresco" (Ekberg could be a Bernini), recounts the emancipation of morals after the death in 1957 of Pope Pius XII, who had exerted an iron rule over Rome.
	vilainefille.blogs.com (6676 words)

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