On Stage: Metropolitan Opera: Bellini: Norma

The grand opening of the new season: Sondra Radvanovsky and Joyce DiDonato fascinate you in Sir David McVicar’s new production of Bellini’s masterpiece!The grand opening of the new season: Sondra Radvanovsky and Joyce DiDonato fascinate you in Sir David McVicar’s new production of Bellini’s masterpiece!

Zum Kino:
Das CineStar Original im Sony Center am Potsdamer Platz ist eines der bekanntesten Kinos Berlins. Neben den erfolgreichsten Filmen finden hier regelmäßig große Filmpremieren in Anwesenheit der Stars statt. Das Besondere ist die Ausstrahlung internationaler Filme in der Originalversion (OV) ohne störende Untertitel.

Zum Programm:
“Ponselle, Milanov, Sutherland, Callas … after last night, Radvanovsky can add her name to the list,” declared the Huffington Post when Sondra Radvanovsky made her Met role debut as Norma in 2013. The 2017–18 season opens with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece, starring Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her archrival, Adalgisa—a casting coup for bel canto fans. Tenor Joseph Calleja is Pollione, Norma’s unfaithful husband, and Carlo Rizzi conducts. Sir David McVicar’s evocative production sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.

Premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1831. This opera is an extraordinary fusion of sublime melody, vocal challenge, and dramatic power. It examines an ageless and archetypal situation: a powerful woman compromises her ideals for love, only to find herself betrayed by her lover. But equally gripping is her relationship with the younger woman who is the new object of her former lover’s attention and in whom Norma sees both a rival and a second self. The title role demands dramatic vocal power combined with the agility and technique of a coloratura singer. It is a daunting challenge that few can rise to: those who have are part of operatic lore.

Tickets:
29,50 €

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