Vincenzo Bellini’s masterful opera Norma, a pinnacle of bel canto featuring one of the genre’s most famous arias, ‘Casta diva’, is a story of love, sisterhood and religious fanaticism. Based on the tragedy by Alexandre Soumet, the opera recounts the crisis of faith experienced by a priestess in love, torn between motherhood, betrayal and loyalty to her people.
The Teatro Real presents this production directed by Justin Way, which sets the action in an old Italian theatre where the opera is being rehearsed during the Austrian occupation, whilst the protagonists maintain a secret relationship running parallel to that of Norma and Pollione.
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Lyrical tragedy in two acts
Music by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Libretto by Felice Romani, based on the work Norma, ou l’infanticide (1831) by Alexandre Soumet
Premiered at the Teatro alla Scala of Milan on the 26th of December, 1831
Premiered at the Teatro Real on the 13th of November, 1851
New production of the Teatro Real
Equipo artístico
Conductor | Marco Armiliato
Stage Director | Justin Way
Set Designer | Charles Edwards
Costume Designer | Sue Willmington
Lighting Designer | Nicolas Fischtel
Chorus Master | Andrés Máspero
Reparto
Pollione | John Osborn
Oroveso | Fernando Radó
Norma | Hibla Gerzmava
Adalgisa | Annalisa Stroppa
Clotilde I Berna Perles
Flavio | Juan Antonio Sanabria
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
