Oroveso, a Druid High Priest, gathers his people in a sacred forest and prays to their gods for help in vanquishing the Romans who have taken over Gaul. Unbeknownst to Oroveso, his daughter, Norma, a High Priestess, has for some time been the lover of Pollione, the leader of the Romans; she has, in fact, not only broken her sacred vow of chastity but has borne two children to the warrior. Norma uses her position to dissuade the Gauls from attacking the Romans, claiming that the gods have told her that the time is not favourable. Recorded at Théâtre Antique d'Orange, 1974
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Giuseppe Patanè
Conductor
Also in
Verdi Otello
Montserrat Caballé
Norma
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Romanza final (Gayarre)
Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Jon Vickers
Pollione
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Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
Bizet Carmen
Agostino Ferrin
Also in
Bellini - I Puritani and Arias
Josephine Veasey
Adalgisa
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Pierre Jourdan Director · Sandro Sequi Director Vincenzo Bellini Writer
First release July 20, 1974 · Produced in France · Production Chorégies d'Orange, ORTF
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Théâtre Antique d'Orange
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Chorégies d'Orange
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ORTF
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France
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 20, 1974
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