Name: Norma
Start: 2021-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra de Lausanne

Admin

Organization

Costume designer

Stefano Poda

Chorus master

Patrick Marie Aubert

Soprano

Salome Jicia

Norma

Tenor

Paolo Fanale

Pollione

Lucia Cirillo

Adalgisa

Bass

Riccardo Fassi

Oroveso

Conductor

Diego Fasolis

Stage director

Set designer

Lighting designer

Choreographer

Opéra de Lausanne

Others

Chœur de l'Opéra de Lausanne

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Lausanne

Switzerland

Public

Approved

“I can punish him, but my heart can’t”

Torn between her duty as high priestess of the Gallic Empire and her feelings for the Roman consul Pollione, whose two sons she secretly had, Norma discovers with fear that the latter only has eyes for the young Adalgisa. She thinks about revenge: will she have to kill Pollione’s sons, or kill him himself? Shared by remorse, Norma will sacrifice herself by going to up the stake in great humility, followed by Pollione, conscious of his actions.

“Norma is Bellini’s only opera that combines sincerity and ardour with the deepest melodic richness. It was in these terms that the young Richard Wagner showed his admiration for Bellini’s opera, which he conducted in 1837 in Riga.” These praises are easily understood by the dramatic force that is revealed both in the majestic clarity of the recitatives and in the melodic power of the bel canto, here in the service of tragedy, and which culminates in Casta Diva, the aria that has made Norma a veritable myth in the operatic repertoire.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble