Study Guide
Study Guide Contents
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Beginner's Guide to Opera
- Who's Who At the Opera
- The Lyric Opera House
- BOC Education Programs
- A Bibliography of Selected Readings
- Education Resources
2007-2008 SEASON
2006-2007 SEASON
2005-2006 SEASON
2004-2005 SEASON
2003-2004 SEASON
2002-2003 SEASON
PREVIOUS OPERAS
La Sonnambula
The Sleepwalker
The Operas of Bellini
Adelson e Salvini ( Naples , 1825)
Bianca e Gernando ( Naples , 1826)
Il Pirata ( Milan , 1827)
La S traniera ( Milan , 1829)
Zaira (Parma, 1829)
I Capuleti e i Montecchi ( Venice , 1830)
La Sonnambula ( Milan , 1831)
Norma ( Milan , 1831)
Beatrice di Tenda ( Venice , 1833)
I Puritani ( Paris , 1835)
- The Opera at a Glance
- About the Composer – Vincenzo Bellini
- About the Librettist – Felice Romani
- The Story
- Somnambulism: A Link between Dreams and Madness?
- La Sonnambula’s tenors and their discontents
- Perspectives on an Aria: "Ah, non credea mirarti"
- Rubini, the tenor
- What is bel canto?
- The Operas of Bellini
- Discography