La Sonnambula

Maria Callas - Bellini: La Sonnambula (1957/2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Maria Callas - Bellini: La Sonnambula (1957) [Remastered 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 120:56 minutes | 1,24 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklets

Like Lucia di Lammermoor and Elvira (I puritani), Amina, the gentle heroine of La sonnambula,was a role that had become associated with light-voiced coloratura sopranos. Callas brought both a new substance and subtlety to the role when Luchino Visconti staged it for her at La Scala in 1955. This recording was made two years later, when the production was revived.
Alessandro De Marchi, Orchestra La Scintilla, Cecilia Bartoli, Juan Diego Florez - Vincenzo Bellini: La Sonnambula (2008)

Alessandro De Marchi, Orchestra La Scintilla, Cecilia Bartoli, Juan Diego Flórez - Vincenzo Vincenzo Bellini: La Sonnambula (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 599 Mb | Total time: 134:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 478 1087 | Recorded: 2007-2008

This recording of La Sonnambula is notable on a number of fronts. It's the first recording of the opera based on a 2004 critical edition of the score that confirms the leading role was indeed written for a mezzo-soprano, although it has been performed by sopranos for much of its history. (Among the first Aminas were the celebrated mezzos Giuditta Pasta and Maria Malibran.) It's also the first recording using period instruments, in this case Orchestra La Scintilla, based at the Basel Opera and conducted by Alessandro de Marchi in an idiomatic and lively reading. And, as the promotional materials trumpet, it's the first recorded collaboration between superstars Cecilia Bartoli and Juan Diego Flórez. Although less hoopla is made of him, the recording also features a superbly lyrical performance by baritone Ildebrando D'Arcangelo.
Gabriele Ferro, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice - Bellini: La Sonnambula (2013) [Blu-Ray]

Gabriele Ferro, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice - Bellini: La Sonnambula (2013) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 23911 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 130 min | 29,9 Gb
Audio1: Italiano / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3330 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1280x720 / 2735 kbps / 29,97 fps | 130 min | 6,01 Gb
Audio: Italiano / PCM / 2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits | DTS / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | C Major | Sub: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean

…Massimo Checchetto’s opening set…is winningly picturesque…Bepi Morassi’s staging within it seems perfectly natural, its charms never forced. Pratt has a beautiful, expressive face, ever alive to Amina’s changing fortunes and her unchanging love. Her voice, too, is lovely and expressive…She’s endearingly simple, just as Amina should be. Gabriele Ferro conducts the Fenice forces with grace and practiced style…The sound is spacious and the Blu-ray image crystal clear. (Opera News)

Maria Callas - Bellini: La sonnambula (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at April 8, 2023
Maria Callas - Bellini: La sonnambula (2023)

Maria Callas - Bellini: La sonnambula (2023)Maria Callas - Bellini: La sonnambula (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 337 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 278 Mb | 02:00:55
Classical, Opera | Label: Warner Classics

Pure Amina is one of the most touching characters of the bel canto repertoire. The young somnambulist is completely unaware of her condition which loses her the love of her fiancé. Maria Callas was probably her most admirable performer, having won the heart of the Scala’s audience after a legendary series of performances staged by her close friend Luchino Visconti in 1955. Two years later, she would record this milestone studio recording – an absolute reference of Bellini’s discography – with Antonino Votto.
Eglise Gutiérrez, Simone Alaimo, Antonino Siragusa, Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari - Bellini: La sonnambula (2020)

Eglise Gutiérrez, Simone Alaimo, Antonino Siragusa, Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari - Bellini: La sonnambula (2020)
FLAC tracks | 02:14:20 | 618 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Dynamic

Am 6. März 1831 hatte „La Sonnambula“ mit unglaublichem Erfolg Premiere am Teatro Carcano in Mailand. Der Erfolg verwundert nicht, denn „La Sonnambula“, geschrieben auf ein Libretto von Felice Romani, ist ein idyllisches, klassisches und intensives Melodram, das sich durch eine äußerst feine, lyrische Musikalität und Spannung auszeichnet, changierend zwischen den Idealen der Klassik und der Romantik. Eine Kombination zärtlicher und melancholischer Gefühle, bewegend im tragischen Leiden, in der natürlichen, unverdorbenen und unschuldigen Atmosphäre und Menschlichkeit. Adäquat hat Hugo De Ana diese Qualitäten bei seiner Inszenierung am Teatro Lirico 2007 umgesetzt mit faszinierenden „lebenden Bildern“ (mit denen er auf Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts zurückgreift) und raffinierten visuellen Projektionen – ein Tribut an Luchino Visconti.
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto - Bellini: La sonnambula (2023) [24/96]

Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto - Bellini: La sonnambula (2023) [24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 02:00:36 minutes | 1,23 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Pure Amina is one of the most touching characters of the bel canto repertoire. The young somnambulist is completely unaware of her condition which loses her the love of her fiancé.
Joan Sutherland, Nicola Rescigno, New York Opera Society Orchestra - Bellini: La Sonnambula (2000)

Joan Sutherland, Nicola Rescigno, New York Opera Society Orchestra - Bellini: La Sonnambula (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 282 Mb | Total time: 73:33+75:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Gala | GL 100.545 | Recorded: 1961

There's little doubt that to have heard Sutherland in 1961 must have been really something. It was the year she found New York, and New York found her. This recording, along with the live recording of her early 1961 New York debut in Beatrice di Tenda are legendary moments. Both are concert performances, conducted by Nicola Rescigno.
This Sonnambula was in Carnegie Hall in December and just after her Met debut. The voice is astonishing. The 'Ah, non guinge' is sung with almost wild abandon, absolutely thrilling, and was described the next day by Harold Schonberg as "flawlessly performed pyrotechnics".
Maurizio Benini, Orchestra & Chorus Teatro Lirico di Cagliari - Bellini: La Sonnambula (2013) [BDRip]

Maurizio Benini, Orchestra & Chorus Teatro Lirico di Cagliari - Bellini: La Sonnambula (2013) [BDRip]
BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,97 fps | 141 min | 7,65 Gb
Audio: Italiano / DTS / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 16 bits
Classical | Dynamic | Sub: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish

La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the bel canto tradition by Vincenzo Bellini. This 2008 production was staged by Hugo de Ana at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. The references to 17th century Romantic painting and refined visual projections are a tribute to Luchino Visconti. Visconti produced the memorable performance of La Sonnambula at the Scala di Milano with the magnificent Maria Callas.
Simone Alaimo is one of Italy’s best bass-baritones and Antonino Siragusa is a very experienced performer of Rossini and Bellini operas. The role of Amina is sung by the rising star of the International world, Eglise Gutierrez.

Luciano Marrocu - La sonnambula. L'Italia nel Novecento  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Karabas91 at June 19, 2019
Luciano Marrocu - La sonnambula. L'Italia nel Novecento

Luciano Marrocu - La sonnambula. L'Italia nel Novecento
Italiano | 2019 | 491 pages | ISBN: 8858136152 | EPUB | 1,2 MB

L'Italia nel Novecento ha spesso camminato come una sonnambula, inconsapevole dei rischi e delle difficoltà a cui andava incontro. Salvo risvegliarsi all'improvviso sull'orlo del precipizio o mentre cadeva. Così anche chi voglia farne il ritratto si trova a inseguire un'ombra sfuggente, affascinante e difficile da definire. Così abbiamo l'Italia di Cadorna a Caporetto che si desta sulla linea del Piave, l'Italia sonnambula sotto il balcone del duce che si sveglia mentre passeggia sui tetti delle città bombardate; l'Italia narcotizzata dalla corruzione che apre gli occhi con l'inchiesta Mani pulite, l'Italia illusa dall'idea di un progresso inarrestabile e di un benessere inattaccabile che si risveglia di soprassalto con la recessione del 2009. E allora, forse, l'unico modo che abbiamo per conoscere e comprendere meglio questa sonnambula è quello di realizzare un grande affresco..

«La sonnambula» by Thomson Smillie  Audiobooks

Posted by Gelsomino at Jan. 17, 2020
«La sonnambula» by Thomson Smillie

«La sonnambula» by Thomson Smillie
English | ISBN: 9781843793328 | MP3@64 kbps | 1h 18m | 36.1 MB