Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma” is his most famous opera in 1831 and, among other things, is one of the masterpieces of Italian romance with the legendary aria “Casta Diva”. In Vasily Barkhatovs Staging on Music theater at Vienna Deeps in the title role one of the most renowned singers of our time: Asmik Grigorian. ARTE transfers the opera on Sunday, February 23 from 7 p.m. in Livestream.
Norma is a woman between two systems. On the one hand, as a Gallic priestess, she decides on war and peace in an occupied country. On the other hand, she is the secret lover of the Roman general Pollione, with whom she even has two children. Her double life threatens to fly when Pollione wants to leave her because of the younger priestly Adalgisa …
Director Vasily Barkhatov interprets the tragedy against the background of a political change of system. Norma comes between the millstones of ideological upheavals, in which old idols are replaced by new idols. The award -winning director Vasily Barkhatov, born in Moscow in 1983, scores in his productions with spectacular narrative art. His stories confidently jump between plush aesthetics and the transformation into today’s worlds and draw large picture sheets full of psychological finesse, precise guidance and socially critical tips.
Vincenzo Bellini: Norma from the music theater at Vienna Opera, ZDF/Arte, Unitel, Germany 2025, 155 min.
Livestream on Sunday, February 23 at 7 p.m. Arte Concert
Staging: Vasily Barkhatov
Musical direction: Francesco Lanzillotta
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker
Chor: Arnold Schoenberg Chor
MIT: Asmik Grigorian (Norma), Aigul Akhmetshina (Adalgisa), Freddie De Tommaso (Pollione), Tareq Nazmi (Oroveso) UA
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