La Sonnambula
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Gran Teatre del Liceu La Rambla 51-59, 08002 Barcelona
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La Sonnambula is a romantic melodrama filled with elements of intrigue — ghostly apparitions, dreams, and a fascinating scientific exploration of sleepwalking — all treated both as a pretext and as a reflection on human psychology. Set in a rural village in the Swiss Alps, this semi-serious opera in two acts confronts the inhabitants of these peaceful lands with the miseries of human nature: distrust, hostility, and ostracism in the face of the uncertain shadow of mere suspicion.
A young woman is about to marry her beloved, until the entire village discovers her asleep in the house of a stranger. The suspicion of infidelity, which everyone accepts as fact, drives her jealous fiancé to break off the engagement. It takes two acts of this amorous melodrama before he realizes that sleepwalking is the culprit behind the misunderstanding. Ultimately, all is happily resolved — but not until the woman risks her life in order to provide the ultimate proof of her innocence.
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