La sonnambula (Bellini, Vincenzo)

Title La sonnambula
Alternative title Melodramma semiseria in due atti
Creators Vincenzo Bellini, composer
Felice Romani, librettist
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1831
First published 1831
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Composition types Opera semiseria
Language Italian
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano Richard Metzdorff
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View Selections harp and piano Nicholas Charles Bochsa
View Vi ravviso a luoghi ameni violin and piano —
View Ah, non credea mirarti oboe, clarinet and bassoon Roe William Goodman
View Ah, non credea mirarti 2 clarinets and bass clarinet Roe William Goodman
View Ah, non credea mirarti 2 clarinets and bassoon Roe William Goodman
View Ah, non credea mirarti 2 violins, viola and cello Igor Osses
View Ah, non credea mirarti piano —

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete — Ricordi — Act I
Act II
View Complete — Ricordi — Onstage Military Band Score
View Complete parts Ricordi — Flute 1
Flute 2/Piccolo
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn 1
Horn 2
Horn 3
Horn 4
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Bass Trombone
Timpani
Triangle
Bass Drum
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete parts Ricordi — Piccolo
Clarinet (D)
Clarinet 1 (C)
Clarinet 2 (C)
Clarinet 3 (C)
Clarinet 4 (C)
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Bass Trombone 1*
Bass Trombone 2*
Snare Drum
Bass Drum
View Complete vocal score Ricordi — Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Schirmer 1901 Complete Score
View D'un Pensiero vocal score G.P. Reed — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Richard Metzdorff
Litolff — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano Janet et Cotelle — Act I
Act II
View Complete Arrangement for piano Ricordi — Act I
Act II
View Complete Arrangement for piano Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for harp and piano
by Nicholas Charles Bochsa
; selections
Boosey & Hawkes — Viva Viva, Prendi l'anel ti dono, A fosco cielo, Come per me serene
Tutto e sciolto, Sono geloso del Zefiro Errante, Ah non giunge
View Vi ravviso a luoghi ameni Arrangement for violin and piano Oil on canvas 1886 Violin Part
Violin Part (detailed image)
View Ah, non credea mirarti Arrangement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
by Roe William Goodman
— — Complete Score
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
View Ah, non credea mirarti Arrangement for 2 clarinets and bass clarinet
by Roe William Goodman
— — Complete Score
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Bass Clarinet
View Ah, non credea mirarti Arrangement for 2 clarinets and bassoon
by Roe William Goodman
— — Complete Score
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Bassoon
View Ah, non credea mirarti Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Igor Osses
— — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
View Ah, non credea mirarti Arrangement for piano George Willig — When Daylight's Going or The Phantom Chorus

Recordings/Performances

DetailsPerformersFiles (click to listen)
View Ah, non credea mirarti
View Héctor Valls, piano Aria: "Amina, Ah! non credea mirarti"


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