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Maybe it’s make-believe: a curious Norma in Oslo

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“a flamboyantly terrifying beetle”
Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 20 January 2018
Bellini, Norma
Norwegian National Opera
Antonino Fogliani, Conductor
Sigrid Strøm Reibo, Director
Katrin Nottrodt, Set Designer
Esther Bialas, Costume Designer
Hrachuhí Bassénz, Norma
Dshamilja Kaiser, Adalgisa
Arnold Rutkowski, Pollione
Simon Lim, Oroveso
Tone Kummervold, Clotilde
Thor Inge Falch, Flavio
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Norwegian National Opera Chorus
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