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NORMA at the Edimburgh International Festival with Cecilia Bartoli

5 – 9 August 2016 Festival Theatre Cecilia Bartoli sang the title role in a powerful, passionate production of Bellini’s searing opera masterpiece on love, betrayal and revenge. Since its unveiling at the 2013 Salzburg Whitsun Festival, it has been … Continue reading

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Norma at the English National Opera in London

A close-knit community’s way of life is threatened by unstoppable change. The people want war. Their priestess Norma, secretly in love with one of the enemy, resists. But now he has a new love. And in the face of his betrayal, it seems Norma … Continue reading

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Norma at the Florida Grand Opera

by VINCENZO BELLINI “If I were shipwrecked, I would leave all of my other operas and try to save Norma.” —Vincenzo Bellini A clandestine love affair brings two extreme enemies together during a time of war. But when Norma discovers … Continue reading

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TACONIC OPERA DEBUTS THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS OPERA, “NORMA”

TACONIC OPERA DEBUTS THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS OPERA, “NORMA” Opening its sixteenth season in Westchester, Taconic Opera will debut Bellini’s famous masterpiece, Norma, in Yorktown and White Plains. No other opera has received as much attention and acclaim as the … Continue reading

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Conductor Riccardo Frizza leads the rehearsal for Norma at the Metropolitan Opera.

NORMA Approximate running time 3 hrs. 5 min. Only the greatest of sopranos are up to the challenge of Bellini’s crowd-pleaser of bel canto fireworks, which is why Sondra Radvanovsky, followed by Angela Meade, is cast in the title role. … Continue reading

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