Vincenzo Bellini
Norma

Opera in two acts
Music Director Felix Korobov
Conductors Evgeny Samoilov, Dmitry Volosnikov, Felix Korobov
Stage Directors Sergio Morabito, Jossi Wieler
Set and Costume Designer Anna Viebrock
Lighting Designer Sergey Shevchenko
Stage choirmaster Andrey Lazarev
Choirmaster Maria Chekrkchieva
Performed in Italian with Russian surtitles
Running time: 3 hours 15 minutes with one intermission
Premiered on 6 September 2005
Recommended for 12+
This production was first staged at the Stuttgart State Opera in 2002 and, according to Germany's “Opernwelt” magazine, became “Event of the Year”. The authors of the modern version of Bellini’s Norma – Jossi Wieler, Sergio Morabito and Anna Viebrock – have carried over the legend about the forbidden love of the Gallic high priestess Norma to the harsh realities of the 20th century. The plot story of the psychological drama is however preserved, and Woman’s opposition to patriarchy in religion, public morals and love becomes even more penetrating and elevated. Norma’s cavatina “Casta diva”, one of the most exquisite gems of romantic music drama, sounds like a hymn to all-absorbing Love, a hymn to Woman.
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