Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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— I 11 i um ~ ■ ~ - *f* varsk _* 11. IK ^T~^TwK^ l*N0E THE SLEEP-WALKING SCENE ACT III, SCENE II (Italian) (English) LA SONNAMBULA-THE SOMNAMBULIST (Lah Son-nahm -boo-lah) OPERA IN THREE ACTSLibretto by Felice Romani; music by Vincenzo Bellini. Produced at the Teatro Carcano,Milan, March 6, 1831 ; Paris, October 28, 1831 ; and at the Kings Theatre, London, July 28thof the same year. At Drury Lane in English, under the Italian title, May 1, 1833. Firstperformance in New York, in English, at the Park Theatre, November 13, 1835, with Brough,Richings, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood. First New Orleans performance, January 14, 1840.First performance in Italian in New York, Palmos Opera Company, May 11, 1844. Revivedin 1905 at the Metropolitan with Caruso, Sembrich and Plancon; at the Manhattan Opera,1909, with Tetrazzini, Trentini, Parola and de Segurola. Characters COUNT RUDOLPH, lord of the village Bass TERESA, milleress Mezzo-Soprano AMINA, orphan adopted by Teresa, betrothed to Elvino Sopran

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