GENRE: Opera
RATING: NR
RUNNING TIME: 3:30
RELEASE DATE: November 11, 2017
STARRING: Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, Joseph Calleja
DIRECTOR: Carlo Rizzi
PRODUCER(S): The Metropolitan Opera
WRITER(S): Vincenzo Bellini
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: This new production of Bellini’s masterpiece stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her rival, Adalgisa—a casting coup for bel canto fans. Tenor Joseph Calleja is Pollione, Norma’s unfaithful lover, and Carlo Rizzi conducts. Sir David McVicar’s evocative production sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.