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NORMA

Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Opera in two acts in Italian

Libretto: Felice Romani
Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 26 December 1831

07, 09, 12 February 1967

Teatro Nuovo, Torino

Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis

Chorus master: Antonio Brainovich

Stage director: Margherita Wallmann

Scene and costumes: Orlando di Collado

Pollione Roman Pro-consul in Gaul BRUNO PREVEDI tenor

Oreveso Archdruid father of Norma IVO VINCO bass
Norma High priestess of the druidical temple LEYLA GENCER soprano
Adalgisa a virgin of the temple FIORENZA COSSOTTO mezzo-soprano
Clotilde Norma’s confidante GIUSE GERBINO CROTTA soprano
Flavio a centrurion OTTORINO BEGALI tenor

Time: About 50 B.C.
Place: Gaul