La sonnambula (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'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur. The ballet had premiered in Paris in September 1827 at the height of a fashion for stage works incorporating somnambulism.
| Original Name | La sonnambula |
| Librettist | Felice Romani (Based on La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer) |
| Date of composition | 1831 |
| Premiered | 1831, March 6th (Teatro Carcano) in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy |
| First published | 1831 |
| Type | Opera Semiseria |
| Spoken language | Italian |
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Orchestra
Chorus/Choir Voice (Bass) - Count Rodolfo Voice (Soprano) - Amina Voice (Tenor) - Elvino Voice (Soprano) - Lisa Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Teresa Voice (Bass) - Alessio Voice (Tenor) - Notary |
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| Autotranslations beta |
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