The second act of Bellini’s Norma contains two dramatic twists—one an act of solidarity and the other an act of self-immolation. After revealing that Druid priestesses Norma and Adalgisa are each ...

The life of an opera singer is often a perilous one because it relies on that most fragile of all vessels, the human body. Palm Beach Opera faced that reality this week when Jessica Pratt, its star ...

Palm Beach Opera concluded its 62nd mainstage season Friday with a performance of Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma” at the Kravis Center. Continuing a season of changes, a cast substitution, due to illness, ...

“It has been 15 years since we presented ‘Norma,' a timeless story of illicit love and devastating betrayal which is filled with dramatic intensity and transcendent melodies,” said Acting General ...

In Roman- occupied Gaul pagans look to their druidess Norma (Dutch soprano Annemarie Kremer) to lead them against their oppressors. But the scene is set for tragedy – Norma is the lover of Roman ...

Heroine at the Metropolitan Opera last week was Rosa Ponselle. The revival of Norma had been announced and thereupon had followed much shaking of heads. Was not Norma 96 years old, relic of another ...

Come for the presents. Stay for the baggage.

Soprano Angela Meade will sing the title role in Bellin's "Norma" on Friday night and Sunday afternoon at Palm Beach Opera. The life of an opera singer is often a perilous one because it relies on ...