Richard Bonynge has been here before - at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, on the podium, conducting the orchestra for a Vancouver Opera production of Bellini's Norma. The first time was in 1963, when ...

Bellini’s Norma: Act 1 is a poignant tale set as a mesmerizing opera that delves into the complexities of love and infidelity. The heart of the story lies in the tangled web of love and betrayal ...

Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma” is a tale of self-interest versus altruism, an opera built around the concept of social upheaval and personal struggle. In its stunning new production of “Norma,” ...

Walnut Creek's revitalized Festival Opera, led by General Director Zachary Gordin, continues its 31 st season with an all-new production of Bellini's Norma, featuring acclaimed singer Shana Blake Hill ...

It has been nearly two decades since Los Angeles Opera ventured the delicate and demanding derring-do of Bellini’s “Norma.” The bel canto masterpiece (or so they say) from 1831 was back on stage ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE Metropolitan Opera in New York launched its 2017-18 season last week in a gala evening beginning on the Lincoln Center’s piazza with a battalion of flashing cameras for red carpet celebrities.

Verdi has been neglected at Glyndebourne over the years but in Tom Cairns’s new production of La Traviata, amends are made to Italy’s greatest composer. Cairns has given the opera an intelligent ...

George Hall, translator of ENO’s first ever production of the Bellini opera, faced many linguistic challenges in his quest for clarity Opera in 19th-century Italy achieved the feat of being both high ...

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In the recent film The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher leaves Number 10 for the last time to the sound of “Casta Diva” from Bellini’s Norma. The filmmakers obviously saw parallels between Norma, a ...