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Norma
Title
Norma / Vincenzo Bellini.
Publication
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2017]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (3 hr., 4 min., 41 sec.)) : sound, color
Local Notes
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Notes
Director, Sir David McVicar.
Sung in Italian; English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish subtitles.
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Summary
The blazing title role of Bellini's Norma has been a star-making vehicle for some of opera's most beloved sopranos, so when Sondra Radvanovsky first took on the part at the Met in 2013, it marked a new chapter of her career. She returned four years later to reprise her riveting portrayal, this time opening the 2017-18 season in an evocative new production by Sir David McVicar. Captured live in HD, her performance is nothing less than a tour-de-force, combining dramatic commitment with true bel canto singing--Radvanovsky balances the role's powerful intensity with moments of delicate lyricism. As Adalgisa, the young priestess torn between love and duty, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato delivers an interpretation imbued with great emotional nuance. Tenor Joseph Calleja is the aggressive Roman proconsul Pollione, with Matthew Rose as Norma's father, the warrior Oroveso. Leading the Met Orchestra and Chorus, maestro Carlo Rizzi draws out the vibrant color of Bellini's masterful score.
Variant and related titles
Met opera on demand OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Italian
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2024
Credits
Director, Sir David McVicar.
Performers
Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Rose ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Carlo Rizzi, conductor.
Contents
Opening credits
Introduction by Susanna Phillips and Peter Gelb
Sinfonia
Introduzione ... Ite sul colle, o Druidi
Svanir le voci! ... Meco all'altar di Venere
Odi? I suoi ritti a compiere Norma ... Me protegge, me difende un poter maggior di loro
Norma viene: Le cinge la chioma
Sediziose voci, voci di guerra
Casta diva
Fine al rito, e il sacro bosco
Sgombra è la sacra selva, compiuto il rito
Eccola! Va, mi lascia ... Va, crudele
Vieni in Roma, ah! vieni, o cara
Vanne, e li cela entrambi
Adalgisa! ... Alma, costanza
Oh! Rimembranza!
Ma di' ... l'amato giovane quale fra noi si noma? ... Oh non tremare
Oh! Di qual sei tu vittima
Perfido! Or basti ... Vanne, sì: mi lascia, indegno
Introduction to Act II by Susanna Phillips
Introduzione
Dormono entrambi ... Teneri, teneri figli
Me chiami, o Norma! Deh! Con te, con te il prendi
Deh! con te, con te il prendi
Mira, o Norma
Sì, fino all'ore estreme
Non partì?
Guerrieri! A voi venirne ... Ah! Del Tebro al giogo indegno
Ei tornerà
Squilla il bronzo del Dio! ... Guerra! Guerra!
Né compi il rito, o Norma?
In mia man alfin tu sei
Dammi quel ferro
Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdesti
Norma! Deh! Norma, scolpati
Deh! Non volerli vittime
Bows and closing credits
Backstage at the Met with host Susanna Phillips. Interview with Sondra Radvanovsky ; Interview with Joyce DiDonato ; Interview with Joseph Calleja ; Sir David McVicar discusses Norma ; Interview with John Sellars.
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