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 ...

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Soon after graduating from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music in 2005, aspiring soprano Angela Meade sang “Casta Diva” from Bellini’s opera “Norma” at her audition for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

It's easy for opera fans to toss around the term "bel canto." It's much harder to actually define it. Literally, bel canto means "beautiful singing" in Italian, but it's so open-ended that it's come ...