Name: La sonnambula
Start: 2023-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Buxton Opera House

Organization

Buxton International Festival

Singer

Soprano

Ziyi Dai

Amina

Ellie Neate

Lisa

Tenor

Nico Darmanin

Elvino

Bass

Simon Shibambu

Count Rodolfo

Jacob Bettinelli

Alessio

Conductor

Adrian Kelly

Stage director

Harry Fehr

Assistant Director

Nick Bond

Set designer

Nicky Shaw

Costume designer

Zahra Mansouri

Lighting designer

Jake Wiltshire

Mezzo-soprano

Ann Taylor

Teresa

Orchestra

Northern Chamber Orchestra

italiensk

La sonnambula -  (The Sleepwalker)

Buxton

United Kingdom

Buxton Opera House

La sonnambula Bellini

Public

The Sleepwalker

engelsk

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Contralto

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

A Buxton International Festival Production, with the Northern Chamber Orchestra

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (1801–1835).

This opera of jilted-love, jealousy and innocence-rewarded was Bellini’s first great masterpiece and remains his most important work, alongside Norma. It premiered in Milan in 1831 and became renowned for its exhilarating melodies and dazzling vocal pyrotechnics.

The theme of sleepwalking fascinated the public of the day, and Bellini explores all the musical possibilities of this mysterious phenomenon and the complex moods of his heroine. Amina, a Swiss village girl is engaged to Elvino and everyone, bar one, is looking forward to their wedding. When a mysterious stranger, Count Rodolfo, arrives his admiration for Amina provokes jealousy and misunderstanding. The situation is exacerbated when Amina is discovered in Rodolfo’s room at the local inn late at night. All is happily resolved when it becomes clear that Amina is an innocent sleepwalker, a somnambulist. In the hands of another composer the subject material might seem simple, but the story is the perfect complement to the inspired purity of Bellini’s melodic style.

La sonnambula will be conducted by Adrian Kelly and directed by Harry Fehr. Many will remember Harry Fehr’s acclaimed production of another Bellini opera at BIF, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, in 2016, which was, coincidentally, the last Bellini opera performed at BIF. He has established an international reputation for thought-provoking productions explored through clear storytelling.

‘Bellini is the master of bel canto.  While the story is very gentle and sweet-natured, the music is sublime, and showcases the art of operatic singing at its finest. For me it suits Buxton down to the ground because it’s a very strong piece of music which is known, but it really doesn’t get performed all that often’.

English

The Sleepwalker by Bellini, lø. 08 juli 2023, Fra (2023/2023), I regi av Harry Fehr,, Dirigent Adrian Kelly, Buxton Opera House, Buxton, United Kingdom

Forestillingkreditter (Ensemble & produksjonsteam )

Cast

Mannskap

Ensemble

Program, Informasjon & Sammendrag

Bilder

Videre lesning

Forestillingsdatoer og spillesteder

Sted