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La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) is a two act opera written by Vincenzo Bellini in the bel canto tradition and set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani which is itself based on a scenario for a ballet-pantomime written by Eugène Scribe (the ballet had premiered in Paris in 1827).
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La Sonnambula
Dan Tracey
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1892
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1892
single work
musical theatre
burlesque
A topical and musical burlesque founded on the Bellini opera, it was presented as the second production for Harry Leston's season of burlesque under the Dan Tracey management.
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la Sonnambula is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era, and/or is the subject of Australian literary comment, adaptation or creative writing.
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See the Wikipedia entry for La Sonnambula for further details.
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