| Description |
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.). |
| Series |
The Metropolitan Opera HD live |
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Metropolitan Opera HD live.
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| System Details |
DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9; filmed in HD. |
| Note |
Melodrama (opera) in two acts ; libretto by Felice Romani, based on: La somnambule, ou, L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur / Eugène Scribe. |
| Performer |
Natalie Dessay (Amina) ; Juan Diego Flórez (Elvino) ; Michele Pertusi (Count Rodolfo) ; Jennifer Black (Lisa) ; Jane Bunnell (Teresa) ; Jeremy Galyon (Alessio) ; Bernard Fitch (Notary) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; Evelino Pidò, conductor. |
| Credits |
Production, Mary Zimmerman ; set design, Daniel Ostling ; costume design, Mara Blumenfeld ; lighting design, T.J. Gerckens ; choreography, Daniel Pelzig ; producer, Peter Gelb ; director, Barbara Willis Sweete. |
| Event |
Recorded in performance Mar. 21, 2009. |
| Note |
Special features include: "Backstage at the Met" with Deborah Voigt (7 min.). |
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Program notes and synopsis in English in container. |
| Summary |
Bellini's tale of a young girl whose sleepwalking puts her romance in jeopardy. Elvino is engaged to Amina but her sleepwalking causes complications to their relationship when she enters the bedroom of the count. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian, with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish or Chinese. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Added Author |
Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist.
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Dessay, Natalie, 1965- Performer.
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Flórez, Juan Diego, 1973- Performer.
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Pertusi, Michele. Performer.
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Black, Jennifer (Soprano) Performer.
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Bunnell, Jane. Performer.
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Galyon, Jeremy. Performer.
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Fitch, Bernard. Performer.
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Pidò, Evelino. Conductor.
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Zimmerman, Mary. Production personnel.
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Ostling, Daniel. Set designer.
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Blumenfeld, Mara. Costume designer.
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Gerckens, T. J. Lighting designer.
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Pelzig, Daniel. Choreographer.
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Gelb, Peter. Producer.
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Sweete, Barbara Willis. Director.
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Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
Somnambule.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer.
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Decca Record Company.
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| Standard No. |
044007433577 |
| Music No. |
B0013885-09 Decca |
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