Walnut Creek's revitalized Festival Opera, led by General Director Zachary Gordin, continues its 31 st season with an all-new production of Bellini's Norma, featuring acclaimed singer Shana Blake Hill ...

Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma” is a tale of self-interest versus altruism, an opera built around the concept of social upheaval and personal struggle. In its stunning new production of “Norma,” ...

3 Video: Trailer Released for Joyce DiDonato-Led INNOCENCE at The Metropolitan Opera San Francisco Opera celebrates the opening of its 92nd Season on Friday, September 5, 2014 with a gala performance ...

Date & Time: Saturday August 17, 7:30 p.m. Venue: 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco Tickets: $25 General, $20 Seniors/Students For more information visit https ...

Norma is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after the play Norma, ou L'infanticide (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet. It was first produced at La ...

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It has been nearly two decades since Los Angeles Opera ventured the delicate and demanding derring-do of Bellini’s “Norma.” The bel canto masterpiece (or so they say) from 1831 was back on stage ...

The works of Vincenzo Bellini have been a preoccupation of Opera Circle for more than a decade, when the little Cleveland company that could performed the better part of the Italian composer’s ...

While some local arts organizations are content to play it safe, the redoubtable Judy Drucker continues to think big and take bold chances, even in an era of economic scarcity. Drucker’s daring paid ...

Great operas need great leading ladies, and one of the pleasures of being a New York critic is hearing how they develop their roles over time. The big news at the Metropolitan Opera is that Bellini’s ...

Norma an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after the play Norma by Alexandre Soumet. It was first produced at La Scala in Milan on December 26, 1831. The opera is ...