Norma – review

Grand, LeedsBellini's opera Norma is often regarded as the pinnacle of the bel canto period, when the virtuoso potential of the human voice stood unchallenged as the expressive centre of the medium. Its title role of the Druid priestess who has betrayed her people and her religion, only to be betrayed in turn by her Roman lover, is regularly cited as the most demanding in the entire repertory. From a purely practical point of view, its sheer length and assault course-like nature make it a supre...

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