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La Sonnambula (Los Angeles)

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The Sleepwalker
Librettist
Based On

a scenario for a ballet-pantomime written by Eugène Scribe and choreographed by Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1960
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Stage setting by
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Costumers

Cast

Amina, a village maiden
Teresa, her foster mother and owner of the village mill
Count Rodolfo, lord of the manor
Elvino, a young farmer betrothed to Amina
Lisa, hostess of the village inn
Alessio, a young peasant

Show Dates

Time and Place

A village in the mountains of Switzerland in the nineteenth century

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The village square
Scene 2 -- The Count's bedroom at the inn
Act II, Scene 1 -- A mountain meadow
Scene 2 -- Same as Act I, Scene 1

Legacy Commission

Part I of a double bill, with "Variations de Ballet"