From Adelson e Salvini’s Nelly – a young orphan at the centre of the opera’s conflict – to the famous Norma, a high-priestess who has broken her sacred vows, Bellini likes to put his ...

Another weekend, another new Norma in Vienna. After Vasily Barkhatov’s production at Theater an der Wien last Sunday, the 'Battle of the Normas' continued with Cyril Teste directing at the Staatsoper.

This take on a classic Italian dish (Pasta alla Norma is named for Bellini’s opera, Norma) pairs golden fried aubergine with a simple tomato sauce. Delicious at any time of year. Heat half the ...

After Asmik Grigorian's brilliant "Norma" at the Theater an der Wien, Federica Lombardi and Juan Diego Flórez disappoint in Cyril Testes' low-profile Bellini production at the State Opera.

a charge ran through San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House. Soprano Lydia Grindatto, in the title role of Bellini’s “Norma,” and mezzo-soprano Simona Genga, as the conflicted Adalgisa ...