Opera

Bellini's Norma

Francisco Negrín (stage director), Giuliano Carella (music director) – With Fiorenza Cedolins (Norma), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Vincenzo La Scola (Pollione) – Gran Teatre del Liceu

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Cast

Francisco Negrín — Stage director

Anthony Baker — Set designer

Jonathan Morrell — Costume designer

Vincenzo La Scola — Pollione

Andrea Papi — Oroveso

Fiorenza Cedolins — Norma

Sonia Ganassi — Adalgisa

Begoña Alberdi — Clotilde

Jon Plazaola — Flavio

Gonzalo Corriá — A boy, Norma's and Pollione's son

Julián Corriá — A boy, Norma's and Pollione's son

Orquestra Simfónica y cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu

José Luis Basso — Chorus master

Giuliano Carella — Music director

Program notes

A powerful story of love, betrayal and honor, Norma is a classic of the bel canto tradition, combining lavish vocal splendor with a story of great passion and nobility.

Over the centuries, opera composers and librettists have created scores of spectacular roles for sopranos. And of all the great soprano roles in operatic history, there's one that may cover more dramatic territory, and demand more of those who perform it, than any other. The title character in Bellini's Norma is a role with emotions ranging from haughty and demanding, to desperately passionate, to vengeful and defiant. And the singer must convey all of this while confronting some of the most vocally challenging music ever composed.

Italian soprano Fiorenza Cedolins is one of the most thrilling Normas of the younger operatic generation of singers. Along with a distinguished supporting cast (Sonia Ganassi as Adalgisa and Vincenzo La Scola as Pollione) this finest psychologically staged production by Francisco Negrin, conducted by Giuliano Carella, makes the belcanto tradition vivid and exciting for all generations.

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