Bellini: Norma - BLU-RAY

When Canadian opera director Robert Carsen produced his intense and cogent staging of Poulenc, Francis's compelling opera Les Dialogues des Carmélites at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam in 2001, it impressed audiences and critics alike, and also gained

Vincenzo Bellini is widely regarded as the last and greatest composer of bel canto opera, and his most famous operas, Norma, is one of the leading works in the genre. Even Richard Wagner said of Norma InchIf we weep from emotion on hearing it, it's nothing to be ashamed of. Inch This is a new production of the opera, directed by Grammy Award-nominated director of opera, theatre, and film, Kevin Newbury. Sondra Radvan stars as a captivating Norma in a performance in which the New York Times described as Inchpowerful, elegant. Inch Gregory Kunde performs as Pollione. Operatraveller. com wrote of his performance Inchsomething very special. The word 'historic' is used perhaps a little too often but tonight there really is no other adjective to describe the sensational performances offered to us by Sondra Radvanovsky and Gregory Kunde. Inch

Included are highlights from operas and ballets by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Puccini, Bizet, Mendelssohn, Strauss, Rameau, Rossini, Bellini, and Balanchine.