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Bellini - La Sonnambula

29/05/2014

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Penny Gore presents Bellini's bittersweet opera La Sonnambula starring Juan Diego Florez.

Thursday Opera Matinee: Penny Gore presents La Sonnambula, Bellini's opera about mistaken identity and sleepwalking, starring Patrizia Ciofi and Juan Diego Florez.

Penny Gore presents Bellini's bittersweet opera about mistaken identity, romantic love and sleep walking in a production from Barcelona starring Patrizia Ciofi and Juan Diego Flórez.

Bellini La Sonnambula, opera semiseria in two acts
Amina .... Patrizia Ciofi (soprano)
Elvino ..... Juan Diego Flórez (tenor),
Lisa ..... Eleonora Buratto (soprano),
Count Rodolfo ..... Nicola Ulivieri (bass),
Teresa ..... Gemma Coma-Alabert (mezzo-soprano),
Alessio ..... Alex Sanmartí (bass),
Notary ..... Jordi Casanova (tenor),
Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona
Daniel Oren (conductor)
Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona

* Act 1 2pm
* Act 2 3.25pm.

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