NORMA

Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Opera in two acts in Italian
Libretto: Felice Romani
Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 26 December 1831
12, 15, 17 January 1967
Teatro Comunale, Bologna
 
Conductor: Alfredo Gorzanelli
Chorus master: Gaetano Riccitelli
Stage director: Mario Frigerio
Scenes on sketches of: Mischa Scandella
Costumes: Aldo Carboni

Pollione Roman Pro-consul in Gaul CHARLES CRAIG 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 ANNA LIA BAZZANI soprano
Flavio a centrurion VITTORIO PANDANO tenor
 
Time: About 50 B.C.
Place: Gaul

Sketch © MISCHA SCANDELLA







OPERA MAGAZINE

1967 April