- La Sonnambula (ballet)
"La Sonnambula" "(The Sleepwalker)" is a ballet by
New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster,George Balanchine , made toVittorio Rieti 's music using themes from the operas ofVincenzo Bellini including "La Sonnambula ", "Norma", "I Puritani ", and "I Capuleti e i Montecchi " (1830-35) and costumes by Karinska. The premiere took place with theBallet 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
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Alexandra Danilova
*Maria Tallchief
*Nicholas Magallanes
*Michel Katcharoff Winter 2008 NYCB
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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
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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 theVillage Voice , February 5th, 2008]
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