Bel canto bliss: Norma at the Macerata Opera Festival

By James Imam, 26 July 2016

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“There was panache in the way [Gamba] unfurled long melodies, and requisite punch”

Reviewed at Arena Sferisterio, Macerata on 23 July 2016

Bellini, Norma

Macerata Opera Festival

Michele Gamba, Conductor

Luigi Di Gangi, Director

Federica Parolini, Set Designer

Daniela Cernigliaro, Costume Designer

María José Siri, Norma

Sonia Ganassi, Adalgisa

Rubens Pelizzari, Pollione

Nicola Ulivieri, Oroveso

Rosanna Lo Greco, Clotilde

Manuel Pierattelli, Flavio

Ugo Giacomazzi, Director

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.