DVD + Blu-Ray:
Vincenzo Bellini: Norma from Gran Teatre del Liceu

Directed by Grammy Award-nominated opera, theatre and film director Kevin Newbury and starring Sondra Radvanovsky as a “powerful, elegant” Norma (NYT)

“If we weep from emotion on hearing it, it’s nothing to be ashamed of”, Richard Wagner on Bellini’s most famous opera Norma, the most successful work by the last and greatest composer of bel canto. This new production of Norma, directed by Grammy Award-nominated opera, theatre and film director Kevin Newbury and starring Sondra Radvanovsky as a “powerful, elegant” Norma (New York Times) and Gregory Kunde as Pollione, is “something very special. The word ‘historic’ is used perhaps a little too often but tonight there really is no other adjective to describe the sensational performances offered to us by Sondra Radvanovsky and Gregory Kunde.” (operatraveller.com)

English title Vincenzo Bellini: Norma
Recording location Gran Teatre del Liceu
Duration 176 mins
Production Company In co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona Opera House), Les Films Jack Fébus, Mezzo & Kaïros Musique, KaliSon & TLT – Télé Toulouse, GAD Distribution, Green Narae Media, also with Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Composer Vincenzo Bellini
Orchestra / Band Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conductor Renato Palumbo
Stage Director Kevin Newbury
Soloist Sondra Radvanovsky, Gregory Kunde, Ekaterina Gubanova, Raymond Aceto, Ana Puche, Francisco Vas