Montserrat Caballé, Norma (Complete), Napoli 1973. Part1

Norma is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after Norma, ossia L'infanticidio (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet. First produced at La Scala on December 26, 1831, it is generally regarded as an example of the supreme height of the bel canto tradition. "Casta diva" was one of the most familiar arias of the nineteenth century... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_(o...)

Cast

Norma: Montserrat Caballé ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserr...
Adalgisa: Viorica Cortez ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viorica_...
Pollione: Pier Miranda Ferraro ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Mir...
Oroveso: Agostino Ferrin
Flavio: Fernando Jacopucci
Clotilde: Neda Monte

Orchestro & Coro San Carlo di Napoli ...
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_R...
Napoli
1973

For complete English libretto please access the following link: http://www.operatoday.com/content/200...

Act 1
Track listing:
1) Sinfonia: 0:00 -- 6:06
2) Ite sul colle / Dell'aura tua profetica (Oroveso/Coro): 6:07 -- 15:08
3) Odi?... I suoi riti a compiere (Flavio/Coro/Pollione): 15:08 -- 18:03
4) Meco all'altar di Venere (Pollione): 15:09 -- 18:03
5) Me protegge, me difende (Pollione): 22:13 -- 23:54
6) Norma viene (Coro): 23:51 -- 28:18
7) Sediziose voci (Norma): 28:19 -- 32:28
8) Casta diva (Norma/Coro): 32:27 -- 4013
9) Ah! bello a me ritorna (Norma/Coro): 40:17 -- 44:45
10) Sgombra è la sacra selva ... Deh! proteggimi, o Dio! (Adalgisa): 44:54 -- 51:51
11) Va, crudele, al Dio spietato (Pollione/Adalgisa): 51:13 -- 58:27
12) Vieni in Roma (Pollione/Adalgisa): 58:28 -- 1:02:09
13) Vanne, e li cela entrambi (Norma/Clotilde): 1:0215 -- 1:06:49
14) Adalgisa!...Alma costanza (Norma/Adalgisa): 1:06:49 -- 1:10:28
15) Oh! rimembranza! (Norma/Adalgisa): 1:10:59 -- 1:15:48
16) Ah! si! fa core e abbracciami (Norma/Adalgisa): 1:15:47 -- 1:19:39


Please enjoy this magnificent performance! In my humble, this has to be opinion one of the best performances of Norma in history.

I send my kind and warm regards,

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