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La sonnambula
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La sonnambula 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 writt
The sleepwalker in act 2, sc. 2, (William de Leftwich Dodge, 1899)
The sleepwalker in act 2, sc. 2, (William de Leftwich Dodge, 1899)
Ah! non credea mirarti / Sì presto estinto, o fiore [I did not believe you would fade so soon, oh flower] from act 2, scene 2, of La sonnambula appear
Ah! non credea mirarti / Sì presto estinto, o fiore [I did not believe you would fade so soon, oh flower] from act 2, scene 2, of La sonnambula appears on Bellini's tomb in the Catania Cathedral, Sicily
Giuditta Pasta as Amina, May 1831 premiere
Giuditta Pasta as Amina, May 1831 premiere
Tenor Giovanni Battista Rubini sang Elvino
Tenor Giovanni Battista Rubini sang Elvino
Giuditta Pasta
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Giuditta Angiola Maria Costanza Pasta was an Italian opera singer. A soprano, she has been compared to the 20th-century soprano Maria Callas.
La sonnambula
…September 1827 at the height of a fashion for stage works incorporating somnambulism. The role of Amina was originally written for the soprano sfogato Giuditta Pasta, but during Bellini's lifetime another soprano sfogato, Maria Malibran, was a notable exponent of the role. The first performance took place at the…
Portrait held at Villa Roccabruna, by an unknown artist
Portrait held at Villa Roccabruna, by an unknown artist
As Anna Bolena (Anne Boleyn), 1830, by Karl Bryullov
As Anna Bolena (Anne Boleyn), 1830, by Karl Bryullov
Pasta in 1821 by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
Pasta in 1821 by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli