Opera title: | Norma |
Composer: | Vincenzo Bellini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Norma Synopsis |
Libretto: | Norma Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Norma |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 2.02a |
| Previous scene: | Intermezzo 2 |
| Next scene: | Teneri figli |
Aria: Dormono Entrambi
Opera: Norma
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
Performer (principal): Maria Callas
Performance: 1952 Covent Garden
Misc: This is a fiendishly difficult aria because of the need for tremendous breath control. Norma is brooding over her two children, wondering if she should kill them for being Pollione's. In the end, as she raises her knife, she realizes she can't do it. The leap from plangent bel canto lyricism to drama is one that very few sopranos have managed satisfactorily.
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