Bellini, Norma: Mira, O Norma

Ária da ópera Norma, de Bellini, interpretada por Sondra Radvanovsky e Joyce Dadonato

[@theoperazone3862]

2 of my absolute favorite singers today.

[@elenagakova1260]

❤❤❤❤

[@pablolopez4156]

Sublime duelo de eximias . Bravi !!!!

[@BellaFirenze]

Ellas no son eximias, sino norteamericanas.

[@inness17]

Идеальный дуэт. Большие мастера своего дела. Какие насыщенные голоса. Мои аплодисменты!!! 👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️

[@peteradaniel]

This is the original key? No? I thought Mira Norma was usually transposed?

[@crazyorganist1609]

Casta diva is usually transposed to F. Sutherland sings it in G

[@ER1CwC]

Yes this is the original key, F major. It’s usually sung in E-flat.

[@daniel_shea]

Absolutely beautifully sung, but way too much stage business with the children and the nanny. Very distracting. Thank you for posting this. More please...

[@theoperazone3862]

Disagree. It makes the whole scene more human and poignant!

[@fernangreigosa4580]

This is the way it is in the opera and what the duet is all about. It’s not a concert.

[@jenylogan1]

@@fernangreigosa4580 For once, I wish it was !

[@ER1CwC]

@@fernangreigosa4580 No. Opera is about acting through the voice. The more one acts with the voice, the less one has to do physically. Stage action should be planned out to support what is going on musically, particularly in a Bellini opera where the long, uninterrupted musical line is everything. Anything that distracts the audience’s concentration from the line in Bellini is problematic.

[@fernangreigosa4580]

And I thought opera was theater.

[@jenylogan1]

Oh dear, too much stage business, not good.

[@fernangreigosa4580]

If you don’t like the staging maybe you should avoid opera and only watch concerts.

[@Tkimba2]

Mamma mia... Che vergogna

[@crazyorganist1609]

Awful. Where's the emotional connection between Adalgisa and Norma. Callas and Stigani understood it so did Sutherland and Horne. Radonovsky is just so unsuitable for Norma. She's over acting . Opera is well and truly dead

[@karilamminpaa8987]

Who do you mean by Stigani and Radonovsky ? Could it be Ebe Stignani and Sondra Radvanovsky ?

[@davidsimmons654]

Agreed