La sonnambula (Bellini, Vincenzo)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Composition Year 1831
Genre Categories Opera semiseria; Theatrical 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 harp, piano (arr); Scores featuring the harp; For 2 players; For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin; For 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); For 4 players; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello
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Contents

Performances

Recordings

 Ah, non credea mirarti
#91147 - 1.55MB - 3:23 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 7092×⇩ - MP3 - Adriano Ariani

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Adriano Ariani (2011/1/25)

Performers Adelina Patti (1843-1919), soprano
Publisher Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1906).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From a 1906 recording
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 Aria: "Amina, Ah! non credea mirarti"
#446386 - 9.32MB - 6:44 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 769×⇩ - MP3 - Free Pianist

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Free Pianist (2016/11/7)

Performer Pages Héctor Valls (Piano)
Publisher Info. Héctor Valls
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Piano accompaniment
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Naxos

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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Act I
#114006 - 20.71MB, 276 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8701×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2011/8/19)

 Act II
#114007 - 13.55MB, 179 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6764×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2011/8/19)

Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d.
Reprinted Milan: G. Ricordi, 2006. Plate P. R. 1394.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#112078 - 13.85MB, 203 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20818×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2011/8/3)

Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d.(ca.1869). Plate 41686.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#159701 - 10.32MB, 171 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5460×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/12/3)

Language Italian / German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 5271.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#26120 - 19.34MB, 211 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11771×⇩ - MarioDelOnaka

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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.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Low resolution
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano solo (Metzdorff)

 Complete score
#173624 - 5.61MB, 57 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1058×⇩ - Timtin

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Timtin (2012/1/26)

Arranger Richard Metzdorff (1844-1919)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Edition Henry Litolff, No.3662, n.d.(ca.1880).
Copyright
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For Piano solo

 Complete score
#445424 - 74.41MB, 58 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 26×⇩ - IS

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IS (2016/10/30)

Arranger unknown
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(1870). Plate 4580.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rokahr Family Archive Mirroring Project.
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 Act I
#442669 - 40.23MB, 63 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21×⇩ - Unl

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Unl (2016/10/11)

 Act II
#442670 - 26.40MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - Unl

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Unl (2016/10/11)

Arranger Anonymous
Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Cotelle, n.d.(1845). Plate A.C. 1141.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rokahr Family Archive Mirroring Project.
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 Act I
#442671 - 51.28MB, 55 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21×⇩ - Unl

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Unl (2016/10/11)

 Act II
#442672 - 34.33MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - Unl

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Unl (2016/10/11)

Arranger Anonymous
Publisher. Info. Milano: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 41008.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rokahr Family Archive Mirroring Project.
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 Complete Score
#210930 - 4.12MB, 63 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 998×⇩ - Icactus

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Icactus (2012/4/26)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1887). Plate 7137.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Selections

For Harp and Piano (Bochsa)

 Viva Viva, Prendi l'anel ti dono, A fosco cielo, Come per me serene
#464728 - 1.48MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - Zeyarshwe

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Zeyarshwe (2017/3/29)

 Tutto e sciolto, Sono geloso del Zefiro Errante, Ah non giunge
#464727 - 1.56MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9×⇩ - Zeyarshwe

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Zeyarshwe (2017/3/29)

Arranger Nicholas Charles Bochsa (1789-1856)
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co, n.d.(ca.1816).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Published as 'The favorite airs, duets, choruses, &c. from Bellini's celebrated opera La sonnambula', Book 1-2.From the International Harp Archives at Brigham Young University
(also digitally archived at the archive.org).
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Vi ravviso a luoghi ameni

For Violin and Piano (Anonymous)

 Violin Part
#527072 - 6.52MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2018/6/8)

 Violin Part (detailed image)
#527073 - 1.31MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2018/6/8)

Copyist William Harnett (1848-1892)
Publisher. Info. The Old Violin
Oil on canvas, 1886.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes See also Servel's Hélas quelle douleur.
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Ah, non credea mirarti

For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Osses)

 Violin 1
#471276 - 0.07MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 148×⇩ - Ibosses

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Ibosses (2017/5/18)

 Violin 2
#471277 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 81×⇩ - Ibosses

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Ibosses (2017/5/18)

 Viola
#471278 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 75×⇩ - Ibosses

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Ibosses (2017/5/18)

 Cello
#471279 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 86×⇩ - Ibosses

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Ibosses (2017/5/18)

Arranger Igor Osses
Publisher. Info. Igor Osses
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
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General Information

Work Title La sonnambula
Alternative. Title Melodramma semiseria in due atti
Composer Bellini, Vincenzo
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IVB 14
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1831
First Performance. 1831-03-06 in 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
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
Cast
Count Rodolfo (bass)
Amina (soprano)
Elvino (tenor)
Lisa (soprano)
Teresa (mezzo-soprano)
Alessio (bass)
Notary (tenor)
Mixed 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
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External Links Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Operas by Vincenzo Bellini
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