Mira o Norma

@ Vincenzo Bellini - "Mira, O, Norma"(Hear me, Norma) - Maria Callas
@ Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)/Mira O Norma (Norma, Act II scene two)/Maria Callas (Norma) - Ebe Stignani (Adalgisa) Coro e orchestra del teatro alla Scala/Conducted by Tullio Serafin/1954.
@ "Norma (1985 Remastered Version), Act II: Mira, o Norma...Cedi, deh cedi" by Tullio Serafin/Maria Callas /Ebe Stignani/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
@ Maria Callas was born in New York City on December 3, 1923. She made her professional debut with the Royal Opera of Athens in Boccaccio, and took her first major role in Tosca. Her Italian opera debut took place at the Verona Arena in 1947. In 1954, Callas made her American debut in Norma. During the 1960s, the quality and frequency of her performances waned. On September 16, 1977, Callas died in Paris.
@ Paintings - Jean Beraud(French) / Christa Kieffer(German)

@ Lyrics-------------

(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.