The second act of Bellini’s Norma contains two dramatic twists—one an act of solidarity and the other an act of self-immolation. After revealing that Druid priestesses Norma and Adalgisa are each ...

Norma is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani. It was first produced at La Scala in Milan on December 26, 1831. The opera is regarded as a leading example of the bel ...

Norma is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after the play Norma, ou L'infanticide (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet. It was first produced at La ...

The life of an opera singer is often a perilous one because it relies on that most fragile of all vessels, the human body. Palm Beach Opera faced that reality this week when Jessica Pratt, its star ...

The title role of “Norma” is one of the opera world’s great challenges — one that can either strike fear in a soprano’s heart, or give her the thrill of a lifetime. For Shana Blake Hill, it’s the ...

In Roman- occupied Gaul pagans look to their druidess Norma (Dutch soprano Annemarie Kremer) to lead them against their oppressors. But the scene is set for tragedy – Norma is the lover of Roman ...

The Druid Priestess (Sondra Radvanovsky) prepares for ritual suicide. Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera. Two decades and 200 performances into her Metropolitan Opera career, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky ...

Battlelines are being drawn in Vienna as two new productions of Bellini’s Norma are unveiled at its two main opera companies within the space of just seven days. Next weekend, Cyril Teste directs at ...