Norma de Vincenzo Bellini au Gran Teatre del Liceu (2015)

"If we weep from emotion on hearing it, it's nothing to be ashamed of", Richard Wagner about Vincenzo Bellini's most famous opera. In Roman-dominated Gaul, the high priestess Norma has broken her vow of chastity by entering a relationship with the Roman pro-consul Pollione and the birth of their two children has been kept secret. But when she discovers she has a rival, jealousy sets in. Norma is a classical heroine, passionate and revengeful, and her dilemma provides the starting point for the most successful work by the last and greatest composer of bel canto.