Name: Norma
Start: 2015-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Admin

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Gregory Kunde

Pollione

Andrea Carè

Bass

Raymond Aceto

Oroveso

Simón Orfila

Soprano

Sondra Radvanovsky

Norma

Tamara Wilson

Ekaterina Gubanova

Adalgisa

Annalisa Stroppa

Ana Puche

Clotilde

Francisco Vas

Flavio

Conductor

Renato Palumbo

Stage director

Kevin Newbury

Set designer

David Korins

Costume designer

Jessica Jahn

Lighting designer

D.M. Wood

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Others

Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona

Spain

Sala Miralls

Norma (1831), with a libretto by Felice Romani, Bellini's regular collaborator, is based on Alexandre Soumet's tragedy Norma ou L'Infanticide, which had been successfully performed in Paris shortly before. It is an update, in a romantic key, of certain themes from the classical tradition, such as the priestess who breaks her vows for love (Spontini's La Vestale, 1807) and infanticide as revenge (Cherubini's Medea, 1797). The setting in the world of the Druids of Gaul and the love affair of a priestess with a Roman soldier are reminiscent of an episode from Chateaubriand's Les Martyrs (1809).

The action is concentrated in the unity of time required by classical theatre, and the traditional forms of Italian melodrama are integrated into a large collective picture. The figure of Norma, of great psychological complexity, rises above all, with an unprecedented melodic beauty.

Norma
Tragedia lirica in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Libretto by Felice Romani after 'Norma, ou L'infanticide' by Alexandre Soumet
Premiere in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, December 26, 1831

Recording: February 17, 5015 - Gran Teatre del Liceu | Barcelona
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Loisil
Duration: 02:55

Norma Bellini

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