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Norma in Munich: dramatically solid but musically uninspiring

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 13 June 2015
Bellini, Norma
Bavarian State Opera
Paolo Carignani, Conductor
Jürgen Rose, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Sondra Radvanovsky, Norma
Ekaterina Gubanova, Adalgisa
Massimo Giordano, Pollione
Golda Schultz, Clotilde
Francesco Petrozzi, Flavio
Mika Kares, Oroveso
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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