Great operas need great leading ladies, and one of the pleasures of being a New York critic is hearing how they develop their roles over time. The big news at the Metropolitan Opera is that Bellini’s ...

As part of our daily series Armchair Arts, we guide you through Vincenzo Bellini’s celebrated 1831 opera Norma Rupert Christiansen was the opera critic and arts features writer for The Telegraph ...

It has been nearly two decades since Los Angeles Opera ventured the delicate and demanding derring-do of Bellini’s “Norma.” The bel canto masterpiece (or so they say) from 1831 was back on stage ...

Italian opera star Cecilia Bartoli helps the work to gleam anew. Bellini's Norma is an extraordinary piece. A high point in the bel canto tradition, the 1831 opera is as important in the historical ...

though much can be said about her effortless coloratura, her thrilling high notes, and the way she floats the quietest notes to irresistible effect, I was most impressed by the colors in her voice, as ...

The title role in Vincenzo Bellini's Norma is one of the most demanding parts in any opera. As music critic David Littlejohn once wrote, it "calls for an authentic bel canto soprano voice, one that ...

Presented by Musica Viva and staged at Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall, the upcoming classical production of “Norma” by Professor Lo is the second revival of this captivating opera since its 1989 ...