Bellini: Norma

An unmissable studio recording starring Marina Rebeka, Karine Deshayes, Luciano Ganci, Marko Mimica, Anta Jankovska, and Gustavo De Gennaro, with the Orquesta y Coro del Teatro Real, Madrid, under the baton of John Fiore.

New critical edition by Roger Parker for Casa Ricordi includes a musicological essay and the full libretto in Italian and English.

In June 2025, Marina Rebeka will perform NORMA at Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, where the opera has not been performed since 1977, with Montserrat Caballe in the title role.

Notes on the new edition:
"In the autograph, Norma's famous preghiera is written in G major, a key that would make extreme demands on most sopranos who sing the role. In this recording Marina Rebeka sings the aria in G major.

The final part of the Act One finale clearly underwent significant change, probably after the first performance; the first Ricordi vocal score and various manuscript sources have a different version of the last part of the number, with an altered disposition of the vocal parts, some variations in the melodic material and no choral intervention. This recording features the version with chorus.

[there is also the] alternative ending to the coro 'Guerra, Guerra' in Act Two. Although, again, the version in the autograph is likely to be Bellini's last thought on the matter, the alternative ending, with the return of music from the Sinfonia, opens up a vital new colour in the opera's final number, and this is the version used in the present recording." --Roger Parker

Disc 1
1: Sinfonia
2: Ite Sul Colle, O Druidi
3: Svanir Le Voci
4: Meco All'altar Di Venere
5: Odi?...I Suoi Riti
6: Me Protegge, Me Difende
7: Norma Viene
8: Sediziose Voci
9: Casta Diva
10: Fine Al Rito
11: Ah! Bello a Me Ritorna
12: Sgombra E La Sacra Selva
13: Eccola! Va, Mi Lascia
14: Va, Crudele
15: Vieni in Roma

Disc 2
1: Vanne, E Li Cela Entrambi
2: Adalgisa!
3: Oh! Rimembranza!
4: Ah! Si, Fa Core, Abbracciami
5: Ma Di...l'amato Giovane
6: Oh! Di Qual Sei Tu Vittima
7: Perfido! - Or Basti
8: Vanne, Si: Mi Lascia, Indegno
9: Introduzione
10: Dormono Entrambi...
11: Ola!...Clotilde!
12: Me Chiami, O Norma!...
13: Deh! Con Te, Con Te Li Prendi...
14: Mira, O Norma
15: Si, Fino All'ore Estreme
16: Cedi...deh! Cedi

Disc 3
1: Non Parti?...
2: Guerrieri! A Voi Venirme
3: Ah! Del Tebro Al Giogo Indegno
4: Ei Tornera...
5: Squilla Il Bronzo Del Dio!
6: Guerra, Guerra!
7: Ne Compi Il Rito, O Norma?
8: In Mia Man Alfin Tu Sei
9: Gia Mi Pasco Ne Tuoi Sguardi
10: Dammi Quel Ferro!
11: Qual Cor Tradisti, Qual Cor Perdesti
12: Norma!...Deh! Norma! Scolpati...
13: Deh! Non Volerli Vittime

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

Conductor: John Fiore

Number of Discs: 3

Orchestra: Orquesta del Teatro Real, Madrid

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