Name: Norma
Start: 1979-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1979-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Conductor

Peter Maag

Singer

Soprano

Shirley Verrett

Norma

Elena Obraztsova

Adalgisa

Tenor

Carlo Cossutta

Pollione

Bass

Paul Plishka

Oroveso

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Norma (Shirley Verrett) is the high priestess of the Druids and daughter of their leader Oroveso (Paul Plishka). But she is also in love with Pollione (Carlo Cossuta), proconsul of their Roman oppressors, and secretly has had two children with him. Matters get even more complicated when another priestess, Adalgisa (Elena Obraztsova), innocently confesses to Norma that she has fallen love with Pollione, who in turns wants to take Adalgisa back to Rome with him. Bellini’s exquisite music conveys every nuance of the characters’ emotional dilemma, all the way through to the drama’s shattering conclusion.

Production booklet

Further reading