La Sonnambula (Balanchine)

This article is about the Balanchine ballet. For Bellini's 1831 opera, see La sonnambula. For other uses, see La sonnambula (disambiguation).

La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master, 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 Wednesday, 27 February 1946, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York; the City Ballet premiere was 6 January 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, 20 June 2008

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

Reviews

• NY Times review by John Martin, 28 February 1946
• NY Times review by Allen Hughes, 7 January 1965

• NY Times review by Alastair Macaulay, 19 January 2008
• review by Deborah Jowitt in the Village Voice, 5 February 2008

External links

• Balanchine Foundation website

• Entry for La Sonnambula at the Balanchine Trust website

• NYCB website