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Offer, Bellini: Norma
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Sonya Yoncheva (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Brindley Sherratt (Oroveso), David Junghoon Kim (Flavio), Vlada Borovko (Clotilde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Àlex Ollé (director)
The virtues of this staging lie in individual performances and in the music-making, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra and chorus giving taut and committed interpretations under Antonio Pappano.... — More…
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Bellini: Norma
Live at the Metropolitan Opera, 2017
Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma), Joyce DiDonato (Adalgisa), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Matthew Rose (Oroveso), Michelle Bradley (Clotilde), Adam Diegel (Flavio)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Carlo Rizzi, Sir David McVicar
Radvanovsky is the international Norma of choice at the moment and she sings ‘big’, lacking perhaps the legato that Bellini’s long-limbed melodies demand,. But Joyce DiDonato, making her debut... — More…
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Pre-order, Bellini: I Puritani
Ana Durlovski (Elvira), René Barbera (Lord Arturo Talbo), Roland Bracht (Lord Gualtiero Valton), Diana Haller (Enrichetta di Francia), Adam Palka (Sir Giorgio Valton), Gezim Myshketa (Sir Riccardo Forth), Heinz Göhrig (Sir Bruno Robertson)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Staatsopernchor Stuttgart,...
Bel Canto Operas
Joyce DiDonato (Romeo), Nicole Cabell (Giulietta), Saimir Pirgu (Tebaldo), Eric Owens (Capellio) & Ao Li (Lorenzo), Renée Fleming (Lucrezia), Michael Fabiano (Gennaro), Elizabeth DeShong (Orsini), Vitalij Kowaljow (Don Alfonso)
San Francisco Opera, Riccardo Frizza
when you listen and forget about the fashion runway, this is a fine performance of Bellini's score. Joyce DiDonato is everything you would want in a Romeo, ardent and angry and in superb voice...And... — More…
Bellini: Norma
Daniela Dessì (Norma), Fabio Armiliato (Pollione), Rasal Siwek (Oroveso), Kate Aldrich (Adalgisa), Antonello Ceron (Flavio), Marie Luce Erard (Clotilde)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Evelino Pidò
New Year`s Concert 2011 from the Teatro La Fenice
Désirée Rancatore (soprano), Antonio Poli (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice, Daniel Harding
Offer, Bellini: Norma
Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma), Gregory Kunde (Pollione), Ekaterina Gubanova (Adalgisa), Raymond Aceto (Oroveso), Ana Puche (Clotilde) & Francisco Vas (Flavio)
Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Renato Palumbo (conductor) & Kevin Newbury (stage director)
[Radvanovsky’s] ‘Casta diva’ is dispatched with juicy flair, but it’s in the preceding lines tht the soprano really shows her mettle. Here Radvanovsky astutely establishes Norma’s divided loyalties... — More…
Offer, Bellini: Norma
Hasmik Papian, Hugh Smith, Irini Tsirakidis, Giorgio Giuseppini, Anna Steiger & Carlo Bosi
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Julian Reynolds
Any production of Norma stands or falls on the performance of the title-role. In this attractive but ultimately bizarre and cold staging, Hasmik Papian proves herself equal to the part's demands.... — More…
Bellini: Norma
Maria Dragoni (Norma), Gian Luca Zampieri (Pollione), Raffaella Angeletti (Adalgisa), Giorgio Giuseppini (Oroveso), Paola Leveroni (Clotilde), Walter Omaggio (Flavio)
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Lirico di Savona, Massimiliano Carraro