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Bellini: Norma / Sutherland, Elkins, Bonynge

Bellini / Sutherland / Bonynge
Release Date: 06/27/2006 
Label:  Kultur Video   Catalog #: 27  
Composer:  Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Ronald Stevens,  Margreta Elkins,  Dame Joan Sutherland
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Australian Opera Chorus,  Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
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Running Time: 153 minutes
Region Code: 1
Picture Format: NTSC
Audio: Dolby 2.0
Color: Color
SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Starring: Joan Sutherland, Margreta Elkins, Ron Stevens
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

A powerful story of love, betrayal and honor, Norma is a classic of the bel canto tradition, combining lavish vocal splendor with a story of great passion and nobility. Set in Ancient Gaul, Norma tells of the clash between the Druids and the occupying Romans.

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"Sutherland masters the dramatic and vocal complexities of Norma to perfection...the vast humanity she radiates seems to fire Read more the whole production." -- The Bulletin
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1. Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Ronald Stevens (Baritone), Margreta Elkins (Mezzo Soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Australian Opera Chorus,  Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 

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