Norma

Composer: Bellini, Vincenzo

Librettist/Text Author: Romani, Felice

Conductor: Carella, Giuliano

Orchestra: Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra

Chorus: Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Chorus

Chorus Master: Carlini, Tiziana

Adalgisa: Palacios, Nidia

Clotilde: Calderone, Maria Grazia

Flavio: Brischetto, Mariano

Norma: Theodossiou, Dimitra

Oroveso: Zanellato, Riccardo

Pollione: Ventre, Carlo

Set Designer: Verso, Alberto

Costume Designer: Verso, Alberto

Lighting Designer: Saccomandi, Luigi

Stage Director: Pagliaro, Walter

Television Director: Scalfi, Marco

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Date of Production: 03-2007

Venue: Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania

Playing Time: 02:44:00

Catalogue Number: 33493

Libretto

Norma EN

Synopsis

Norma

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Bellini, unlike many of his colleagues - among them Donizetti - did not have to endure the disappointments and difficulties of rising from the ranks. His Bianca e Gernando, in 1826, was well received at Naples's Teatro San Carlo, and one year later, at the age of twenty-six, the composer triumphed at Milan's La Scala with Il Pirata. Norma is not only the high point of Bellini's artistic parabola but also the quintessence of Italian belcanto.

This video was recorded at the Massimo Bellini theatre of Catania, native town of the great Sicilian composer, and features, in the title role, the famous Greek soprano Dimitra Theodossiou, one of today’s best interpreters of Norma.