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Work: Norma

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ComposerBellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835)
PeriodRomantic
Year1831
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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MadridBellini - Norma

© Manuel Alcorlo
Bellini: Norma
Francesco Lanzillotta; Justin Way; Teatro Real; John Fiore; Charles Edwards; Sue Willmington; Nicolás Fischtel

StuttgartNorma

© Martin Sigmund
Bellini: Norma
Vlad Iftinca; Jossi Wieler; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Anna Viebrock; Staatsorchester Stuttgart; Sergio Morabito

SavonlinnaNormaConcert performance

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Bellini: Norma
Riccardo Frizza; Gothenburg Opera Orchestra; Gothenburg Opera Chorus; Lisette Oropesa; Ann-Kristin Jones
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A noble Norma trapped in a hollow dystopia

Salome Jicia (Norma) © Ruth Medjber
Salome Jicia delivers a vocally impressive and emotionally committed Norma, but Orpha Phelan’s post-apocalyptic staging fatally weakens Bellini’s sacred tragedy.
***11
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Soaring voices, stumbling direction: the turmoil of Norma at La Scala

Marina Rebeka (Norma) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

After almost 50 years, the Teatro alla Scala presents a new production of Norma, with a great cast, some shadows in the orchestra direction and several failures in the production. 

***11
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A Norma cooking on medium at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Dmitry Korchak (Pollione) and Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Norma) © Bernd Uhlig
Despite excellent performances from Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Elmina Hasan, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Norma lacks a pinch of salt. 
***11
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DublinNormaNew production

Salome Jicia (Norma) © Ruth Medjber
Bellini: Norma
Maurizio Benini; Orpha Phelan; Irish National Opera; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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