An Introduction to Bellini's La Sonnambula

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An Introduction to Bellini's La Sonnambula

Label:

Naxos

Catalogue No:

8558175
(8.558175)

Series:

Educational
Opera Explained

Discs:

1

Release date:

27th Oct 2008

Barcode:

0636943817520

Length:

78 minutes

Medium:

CD (download also available)

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An Introduction to Bellini's La Sonnambula

Bellini:

La Sonnambula

An introduction to the Opera

David Timson (narrator)

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12-page booklet

Written by Thomson Smillie

This audiobook series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recordings of the complete works, the presentation is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form.

La sonnambula was written by Bellini as a vehicle for two of the supreme singers of his age and accordingly is a fine example of the school we call bel canto, where beauty of voice and the virtuosity of the singers is integral to conveying the emotions in the soul of the composer.

The fact that Bellini was one of the great melodists, writing long, beautiful vocal lines, that he was a master orchestrator and that he could write stirringly for the chorus all conspire to make La sonnambula an extremely enjoyable example of Italian opera in its prime.

Vincenzo Bellini: An Introduction to … BELLINI La sonnambula

playBackground: Introduction

playBackground: Rossini and Donizetti

playBackground: Bellini: his life and other operas

playLa sonnambula: The plot and bel canto

playLa sonnambula: Prelude and Lisa's cavatina

playLa sonnambula: Amina's entrance

playLa sonnambula: Amina and Elvino's love duet

playLa sonnambula: Enter Count Rodolfo

playLa sonnambula: Exit Count Rodolfo, and other love duet

playLa sonnambula: Lisa's visit and Amina's sleepwalking

playLa sonnambula: Broken-hearted Elvino

playLa sonnambula: Elvino still feels betrayed

playLa sonnambula: Plot revelations

playLa sonnambula: The 'mad' scene

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