Metropolitan Opera - Norma Reviews
29 March 2024
Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma)
Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Joyce DiDonato (Adalgisa)
Matthew Rose (Oroveso), Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Chorus
General scene
Joyce DiDonato (Adalgisa), Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma)

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Norma

Metropolitan Opera


No. of reviews: 24

3 Normas, 2 Adalgisas, 1 Pollione: the evolution of an opera production
17 Dec 17 / Operavore | WQXR
A mighty second cast for Met’s Norma revival
12 Dec 17 / Bachtrack
Angela Meade and Jamie Barton rock the Met with gargantuan singing
9 Dec 17 / OperaWire
Listening at the Met, after James Levine
8 Dec 17 / New York Times
“Norma,” bis
5 Dec 17 / parterre box
Marina Rebeka makes powerful impression alongside Joyce DiDonato, Joseph Calleja in new Met production
5 Nov 17 / OperaWire
Marina Rebeka sang the title role of Norma were a total triumph
2 Nov 17 / Operaclick (English)
McVicar makes a plausible case for an intimate interpretation
21 Oct 17 / DC Theater Arts
Sgombra è la sacra megaplex
10 Oct 17 / parterre box
Norma en direct du Met - Cast d’exception pour une 100e
10 Oct 17 / Concertclassic.com
Radvanovsky and DiDonato triumph in McVicar’s gloomy Met Norma
10 Oct 17 / Seen and Heard
A conservative start to New York’s fall music season
10 Oct 17 / The New Yorker
Baffling and emotionally constipated: Bellini's Norma from the Met in HD
9 Oct 17 / Planet Hugill
The Met Opera Live in HD: a solid and unpretentious spectacle
9 Oct 17 / Telegraph
An evening of passionately committed performances
2 Oct 17 / Express
New Norma surges with star power, but lighting’s dim
30 Sep 17 / Classical Voice North America
The Met opens its season with a fine new Norma
27 Sep 17 / Bachtrack
The Met's new 'Norma' goes next level with combustible singing
27 Sep 17 / Operavore | WQXR
Better call gaul
27 Sep 17 / parterre box
A gloomy, ragey Norma at the Met’s opening night
27 Sep 17 / Vulture
DiDonato provides the sparks in Met’s grim, dramatically flat “Norma”
27 Sep 17 / Classical Review
Opening night is a triumph for Sondra Radvanovsky
27 Sep 17 / OperaWire
In a lazy, senseless ‘Norma,’ Met diva Sondra Radvanovsky steals the show
27 Sep 17 / New York Observer
Star singers lift a muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera
27 Sep 17 / New York Times
Hear what makes 'Norma' the Everest of opera
Five reasons that the title role in Bellini’s masterpiece, which opens the Metropolitan Opera’s season on Sept. 25, defines a true diva.
Met taps Sondra Radvanovsky to replace Anna Netrebko in Norma
The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it has tapped soprano Sondra Radvanovsky to replace Anna Netrebko in the 2017-18-season-opening production of Norma.
Production details
Cast
Radvanovsky/Rebeka/Meade, DiDonato/Barton, Calleja, Rose/Gazaryan, Bradley, Diegel
(c) Rizzi/Colaneri (d) McVicar
Performance dates
25, 28 September, 3, 7(m), 11, 16, 20 October, 1, 5, 8, 11, 16(m) December 2017
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