Opera title: | Norma |
Composer: | Vincenzo Bellini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Norma Synopsis |
Libretto: | Norma Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Norma / Adalgisa |
Voice(s): | Soprano / Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 2.05a |
Previous scene: | Deh! con te li prendi |
Next scene: | Alcun s'avanza |
Maria Callas - Norma by Vincenzo Bellini.
A rare live recording of Maria Callas' performance as Norma in Vincenzo Bellini's Norma. The recording took place in Teatro alla Scale, Milan, on December 7th, 1955.
Norma...........................Maria Callas
Pollione.........................Mario Del Monaco
Adalgisa........................Giulietta Simionato
Oroveso.........................Nicola Zaccaria
Flavio............................Giuseppe Zampieri
Clotilde..........................Gabriella Carturan
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan.
Conductor.....................Antonino Votto
Director........................Margherita Wallmann
Chorus Master..............Norberto Mola
ADALGISA
Mira, o Norma, ai tuoi ginocchi
questi cari tuoi pargoletti.
Ah! pietade di lor ti tocchi,
se non hai di te pietà...
NORMA
Ah! perché la mia costanza
vuoi scemar con molli affetti?
Più lusinghe, ah più speranza
presso a morte un cor non ha...
ADALGISA
See, O Norma, at your knees,
these dear, dear children.
Let pity for them move you,
if you feel no pity for yourself...
NORMA
Ah, why do you try to weaken me
with such soft feelings?
Such illusions, such hopes
are not for one about to die.
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