Live
Only on
Certain chapters are not available.
Thank you for your understanding.

Vincenzo Bellini, Norma

I, 1: Introduzione — "Ite sul colle, o Druidi"

I, 2: "Svanir le voci!"

I, 2: "Meco all’altar di Venere"

I, 2: "Me protegge, me difende"

I, 3: "Norma viene"

I, 4: "Sediziose voci, voci di guerra"

I, 4: "Casta Diva"

I, 4: "Fine al rito"

I, 4: "Ah! Bello a me ritorna"

I, 5: "Sgombra è la sacra selva, compiuto il rito"

I, 5: "Deh! Proteggimi, o Dio!"

I, 6: "Eccola! Va, mi lascia, ragion non odo"

I, 6: "Va, crudele, al Dio spietato"

I, 7: "Vanne, e li cela entrambi"

I, 8: "Adalgisa!"

I, 8: "Oh! Rimembranza!"

I, 8: "Ah! Sì, fa core, e abbracciami"

I, 8: "Ma di’... L’amato giovane quale fra noi si noma?"..."Oh non tremare"

I, 9: "Oh! Di qual sei tu vittima"..."Oh! Qual traspare orribile"..."Norma! De’ tuoi rimproveri"

I, 9: "Perfido! - Or basti...Vanne, sì: mi lascia, indegno"

II, 1: Scena — Introduzione — "Dormono entrambi"

II, 3: "Mi chiami, o Norma!"

II, 3: "Deh! Con te, con te li prendi"

II, 3: "Mira, o Norma"

II, 3: "Si, fino all’ore estreme"

II, 4: "Non parti?"

II, 5: "Guerrieri! A voi venirne"

II, 5: "Ah! Del Tebro al giogo indegno fremo io pure"

II, 6: "Ei tornerà"

II, 7: "Guerra, guerra!"

II, 7: "Né compi il rito, o Norma?"

II, 10: "In mia man alfin tu sei"..."Già mi pasco ne’ tuoi sguardi"

II, 10: "Dammi quel ferro"

II, 11: "Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdesti"

II, 11: "Norma! Deh! Norma, scolpati!"

II, 11: "Deh non volerli vittime"

Bellini's Norma

Àlex Ollé (stage director), Antonio Pappano (conductor) — With Sonya Yoncheva (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa) ...

Opera
Subscribers

Cast

Àlex Ollé — Stage director

Alfons Flores — Set designer

Lluc Castells — Costume designer

Marco Filibeck — Lighting designer

Sonya Yoncheva — Norma

Joseph Calleja — Pollione

Sonia Ganassi — Adalgisa

Program notes

The title character in Bellini's Norma is a druid high priestess, torn between her religious vows of chastity and her love for the Roman official Pollione, with whom she has had two children. Out of this conflict comes some of the most famous music in the whole bel canto repertoire, including the ravishingly beautiful "Casta Diva." The extremely difficult lead role calls for a truly special soprano—and in this Covent Garden production, the sublime Sonya Yoncheva captivates from start to finish, backed by an extraordinary supporting cast that includes the acclaimed Sonia Ganassi as Norma's amorous rival Adalgisa and Joseph Calleja as Pollione.

Directed with characteristically eye-popping flair by Àlex Ollé (of the provocative and marvelously inventive Spanish theatre group La Fura dels Baus) and soundtracked by the world-class Royal Opera Orchestra and Chorus of Covent Garden, this "striking production and terrifically enjoyable evening" (Bachtrack) is a Norma for the ages.

This is just one of hundreds of stunning operas available on medici.tv, the web's leading classical music streaming platform!

A closer look: featured composers

Further listening: featured works

medici.tv - Back to medici.tv

The world’s premier resource for classical music programming: stunning live events from the world’s most prestigious halls, plus thousands of concerts, operas, ballets, and more in our VOD catalogue!

Our programs

Learn more

Useful links

  • Cookie Settings

Follow us

© MUSEEC SAS 2025 . With the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the CNC.

Europe media CNC