The “fearful wood” of Felice Romani’s libretto remains, but is here transfigured by designer Alfons Flores from nature’s doing into something terribly and horribly man-made. Framing the stage’s church ...
Sonya Yoncheva blazes through her role debut as Norma, but Àlex Ollé's wilfully provocative La Fura dels Baus staging divides opinion Royal Opera House (Photo: Marc Eskenazi) As their production of ...
Pollione has no good qualities, and Guatemalan tenor Mario Chang just more or less belts it, looking daft with a dyed-red Mohican. Acting interest really looked up with the appearance of a second ...
Palm Beach Opera Will Close the 2024 season with Vincenzo Bellini's fiery “Norma” from Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. “It has been 15 years since ...
In Olivia Fuchs’ production of Norma for Opera Holland Park, the term “camp” takes on a new meaning. It is normally an area in the forest where the Druids are, at least in some sense, holding out ...
In Roman- occupied Gaul pagans look to their druidess Norma (Dutch soprano Annemarie Kremer) to lead them against their oppressors. But the scene is set for tragedy – Norma is the lover of Roman ...
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 ...
Great operas need great leading ladies, and one of the pleasures of being a New York critic is hearing how they develop their roles over time. The big news at the Metropolitan Opera is that Bellini’s ...
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