La Sonnambula (ballet)

La Sonnambula (ballet)

"La Sonnambula" "(The Sleepwalker)" is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster, George Balanchine, made to Vittorio Rieti's music using themes from the operas of Vincenzo Bellini including "La Sonnambula", "Norma", "I Puritani", and "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" (1830-35) and costumes by Karinska. The premiere took place with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo on February 27, 1946, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York; the City Ballet premiere was January 6, 1965.

Cast

original

*Alexandra Danilova
*Maria Tallchief
*Nicholas Magallanes
*Michel Katcharoff

Winter 2008 NYCB

*Wendy Whelan
*Sara Mearns
*Likolani Brown
*Rachel Piskin
*Ana Sophia Scheller
*Nikolaj Hübbe
*Amar Ramasar
*Devin Alberda
*Troy Schumacher
*Vincent Paradiso
*Adam Hendrickson

Spring 2008 NYCB

*Yvonne Borree
*Sara Mearns
*Rachel Piskin
*Lauren King
*Ana Sophia Scheller
*Sébastien Marcovici
*Amar Ramasar
*Austin Laurent
*Troy Schumacher
*Vincent Paradiso
*Daniel Ulbricht

References

* "Playbill", New York City Ballet Friday, June 20, 2008

* "Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 8

External links

* [http://www.nycballet.com NYCB website]

* [http://www.balanchine.com George Balanchine Trust website]

* [http://www.balanchine.org George Balanchine Foundation website]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0811FF395D177A93CAAB1789D85F428485F9 NY Times review by John Martin, February 28, 1946]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F16FC355C147A93C5A9178AD85F418685F9 NY Times review by Allen Hughes, January 7, 1965]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/arts/dance/19bala.html NY Times review by Alastair Macaulay, January 19, 2008]

* [http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0807,jowitt,79079,14.html review by Deborah Jowitt in the Village Voice, February 5th, 2008]


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