La sonnambula (Bellini, Vincenzo)

		Movements/Sections 2 acts Composition Year 1831 Genre Categories Opera semiseria; Stage Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Italian language; For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano; For flute, violin, cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the flute; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For cello, piano (arr); For 2 players

Performances

• Recordings (1)

Recordings

 Ah, non credea mirarti
*#91147 - 1.55MB - 3:23 -  6.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - - V/C/V - 2734x⇩

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Adriano Ariani (2011/1/25)

Performers:

Adelina Patti (1843-1919), soprano

Publisher Info.:

Unidentified publisher, n.d.(ca.1906).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

From a 1906 recording

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Sheet Music

• Full Scores (2)
• Vocal Scores (3)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (3)

Full Scores

 Act I
*#114006 - 20.71MB, 276 pp. -  6.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - V/V/V - 3308x⇩

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Daphnis (2011/8/19)

 Act II
*#114007 - 13.55MB, 179 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 2423x⇩

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Daphnis (2011/8/19)

Publisher Info.:

Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d.

Reprinted:

Milan: G. Ricordi, 2006. Plate P. R. 1394.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
*#112078 - 13.85MB, 203 pp. -  5.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 7751x⇩

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Daphnis (2011/8/3)

Language:

Italian

Publisher Info.:

Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d.[1869]. Plate 41686.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#159701 - 10.32MB, 171 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 1380x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/12/3)

Language:

Italian / German

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 5271.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#26120 - 19.34MB, 211 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 6281x⇩

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MarioDelOnaka (2009/1/2)

Language:

Italian / English

Translator:

Natalia Macfarren (1827–1916), English text

Publisher Info.:

New York: G. Schirmer, 1901. Plate 15693.

Reprinted:

Miami: Belwin-Warner, n.d.(after 1990). Kalmus Vocal Scores No.6809.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Low resolution

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete Opera

For Piano solo

 Complete Score
*#210930 - 4.12MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 326x⇩

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Icactus (2012/4/26)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. (1887). Plate 7137

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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For Piano solo (Metzdorff)

 Complete score
*#173624 - 5.61MB, 57 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 289x⇩

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Timtin (2012/1/26)

Arranger:

Richard Metzdorff (1844-1919)

Publisher Info.:

Braunschweig: Henry Litolff, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 3662.

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Selections

For Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano (Wagner)

See: Quartet No.6, Motifs de 'La sonnambula' (Wagner, Paul)

For Cello and Piano (Curti)

See: Souvenir sur La Sonnambula variato (Curti, Carlo)

For Piano solo (Cramer)

See: Bouquet de mélodies sur 'La sonnambula' (Cramer, R. P.)

For Piano solo (Liszt)

See: Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris de l’opéra La sonnambula, S.393 (Liszt, Franz)

For Piano solo (Vilbac)

 Fantasia
*#27442 - 0.80MB, 10 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 620x⇩

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Helmut Graf (2009/1/29)

Arranger:

Renaud de Vilbac (1829–1884)

Publisher Info.:

Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Collection Litolff No.864

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General Information

Work Title	La sonnambula
Alternative Title	Melodramma semiseria in due atti

Composer	Bellini, Vincenzo
Movements/Sections	2 acts
Year/Date of Composition	1831
First Performance	1831-03-06 Milan: Teatro Carcano
First Publication	1831 (vocal score), ca.1890 (full score)
Librettist	Felice Romani (1788–1865) after La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861) and Jean Aumer (1774–1833)
Language	Italian
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Cast Count Rodolfo (bass), Amina (soprano), Elvino (tenor), Lisa (soprano), Teresa (mezzo-soprano), Alessio (bass), Notary (tenor) + Chorus (SSATTBB) Orchestra 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings On-stage — military band
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Operas by Vincenzo Bellini
Adelson e Salvini (1825) Bianca e Gernando (1826, early version of Bianca e Fernando) Il pirata (1827) Bianca e Fernando (1828) La straniera (1829)	Zaira (1829) I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830) La sonnambula (1831) Norma (1831) Beatrice di Tenda (1833) I puritani (1836)