by Robert Boyd | Dec 22, 2017 | 2018 Season, La Sonnambula, Past Production
Jonathan Khuner: Music Director for La Sonnambula Jonathan Khuner returns to Island City Opera as Music Director for Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula. Jonathan Khuner is a well-known conductor in the San Francisco Bay area, where he has spent most of his...
by Robert Boyd | Dec 16, 2017 | 2018 Season, Behind Curtain, La Sonnambula, News
The Sleepwalker Who Wasn’t There: Writing and Rewriting La sonnambula An old saw in the world of writing has it that “There is no writing—just rewriting”. Composer Vincenzo Bellini and librettist Felice Romani found this to be abundantly so in the twisting tale of how...
by Robert Boyd | Dec 4, 2017 | La Sonnambula, Press Release
PRESS RELEASE AND CALENDAR LISTING Island City Opera Performs La Sonnambula By Vincenzo Bellini Calendar Preview: Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30pm Opening Night: Friday, March 9 at 7:30pm Matinee: Sunday, March 11 at 2:00pm Evening: Friday, March 16 at 7:30pm Matinee:...
by Robert Boyd | Oct 21, 2017 | Behind Curtain, La Sonnambula
Island City Opera presents Vincenzo Bellini’s bel canto opera, La Sonnambula Vincenzo Bellini had already become a superstar opera composer when he died at age 33. Though he was young, he was not a happy-go-lucky guy when it came to choosing his subject...
by Robert Boyd | Oct 21, 2017 | Behind Curtain, La Sonnambula
Known as the “Swan of Catania” (his birthplace in Italy), Bellini produced an incredible body of work during a much too short life. His operas Norma, La sonnambula, I puritani, Anna Bolena, and I Capuleti ed I Montecchi continue to hold the stage almost 200 years...
by Robert Boyd | May 14, 2017 | La Sonnambula, Past Production
Vincenzo Bellini was a young man, not yet 30, when he composed La Sonnambula in 1831. He was certainly not a happy-go-lucky fellow when it came to choosing his operatic subject matter. His works were built around betrayal, backstabbing, heartbreak and graphic deaths....
