La Sonnambula

La Sonnambula
(Rieti/Balanchine)
See this performance on:
July 9th (8pm), July 10th (8pm), and July 12th (8pm)
** Language: Italian, Pronounced: la soh-nam-bew-la, Meaning: The Sleepwalker. Set in a darkly mysterious masked ball, the one-act La Sonnambula tells the story of a Poet who pays suit to a Coquette, who is escorted by the Host. After a series of exotic divertissements, the elegantly attired guests go in to supper, leaving the Poet to himself. In a moment, an apparition in white enters. She is a beautiful Sleepwalker. Entranced, the Poet tries repeatedly to wake her, but she eludes him. The jealous Coquette informs the Host of the Poet's advances to her; enraged, he stabs the Poet. The Sleepwalker reappears to bear the Poet's lifeless body away.

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[maggieroche]

Good commentary but not one image from La Sonnambula. Strange.

[qbendanny1]

Why not put a picture of the great Allegra Kent who danced the role? Or Gelsey?

[Raggedy9]

Oddly enough, all the music is by Bellini, but none of it is from his opera "La Sonnambula."

[AcemanJones]

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[Lissbirds]

Mozart's Symphony Number 40, I think.

[challyy89]

whts the name of the music in the intro??

[BernardProfitendieu]

La Sonnambula seems to me deeper than his surface level analysis would indicate

[SilverInsanity]

Yes, isn't the image from Serenade?

[rosacotton]

The gentleman isn't totally correct. It is the coquette the poet flirts with at the party. The sleepwalker is the host's wife.

[fairyboy3]

this is an opera and a romantic ballet