Royal Opera House Live: Live: Norma [12A]

7:15pm Running time: 3hrs 10m approx. including one interval
£17.50

COMPOSER: Vincenzo Bellini
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

This new production of Norma is distinguished by a superlative cast of internationally renowned singers. Bellini’s classic bel canto opera is full of wonderful melodies and opportunities for star singing. But it is especially known for Norma’s stunning showpiece aria, ‘Casta diva’.

Àlex Ollé, of innovative Catalan theatre group La Fura dels Baus, directs, bringing a modern edge to this timeless tale of love, rivalry and betrayal, set against a backdrop of war, driven by the extremes of a fanatically religious society.

Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts this stunning cast, including Joseph Calleja as Norma’s secret lover, Pollione, and Sonia Ganassi as the priestess Adalgisa, in a striking new production, which opens the 2016/17 Season.

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