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La sonnambula is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the bel canto tradition by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur. The first performance of the opera took place at the Teatro Carcano, Milan on March 6, 1831. The role of Amina was originally written for the mezzo-soprano Giuditta Pasta, and during Bellini's lifetime, another mezzo-soprano, Maria Malibran, was a notable exponent of the role. The majority of twentieth-century recordings have been made with a soprano cast as Amina, most with "added top-notes and [other] substantial changes." The first mezzo-soprano to record the role was Cecilia Bartoli. Music Director - Enrique Mazzola. Stage Director and Designer - Pier Luigi Pizzi. Chorus Master - Valery Borisov. Lighting Designer - Mark Stavtsev. Choreographer - Ekaterina Mironova. Sung in Italian with Russian surtitles.
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