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László Polgár

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Zürich, CH

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Conductor - Paolo Carignani Director - Robert Wilson Stage design - Robert Wilson Lighting design - Robert Wilson, AJ Weissbard, Hans-Rudolf Kunz Co-director - Gudrun Hartmann Stage design collaboration - Stephanie Engeln Costumes - Moidele Bickel Choir master - Ernst Raffelsberger Orchestra - Orchestra of the Zurich Opera Choir - Choir of the Zurich Opera With Elena Mosuc (Norma), Michelle Breedt (Adalgisa), Liuba Chuchrova (Clotilde); Roberto Aronica (Pollione), Giorgio Giuseppini (Oroveso), Michael Laurenz (Flavio) The opera by the Sicilian composer, who died early, was premiered at La Scala in Milan in 1831 and is considered to be the pinnacle of bel canto. Demanding coloratura, wide arcs of melody and dramatic increases, as well as the aura of the title character, who is almost mythical in stature, have made "Norma" a cult piece within the Italian repertoire since the legendary reinterpretation by Maria Callas in the 1950s. The basic conflict about the Gallic druid priestess, so touchingly captured by Bellini in music, has cosmic dimensions if Felice Romani's libretto is taken seriously: It is no coincidence that Norma directs her famous prayer "Casta Diva" to the goddess of the moon, who in the opera is the warlike sun god of the Gauls adored Irminsul is contrasted. As a spiritual ruler, Norma outshines the authority of her father Oroveso, the head of the Druids. From this special position she tries to bridge the gap to the Roman world of her secret lover, the proconsul Pollione. But the father of her children, whom she is not even allowed to have as a priestess, has turned to a younger priestess: Adalgisa. So the tragedy takes its course. In the end, Norma grows beyond herself and deeply shakes not only her unfaithful lover, but also Oroveso and her people through her self-sacrifice. With Robert Wilson, whose groundbreaking Wagner interpretations made theater history at the Zurich Opera House, an artist is turning to this multi-layered oeuvre that radically denies any psychologization in the theater and, with its unmistakable aesthetic, will enable a surprising new view of Bellini's “Norma”. Elena Mosuc takes the title role. SHOW LESS

Norma Bellini

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A kékszakállú herceg

Don Carlo (Italian version)

Filippo II

Parsifal

Gurnemanz

Boris Godunov

Perviy Pristav

Die Zauberflöte

Sarastro

Yevgeny Onegin

Knyaz Gremin

Agrippina

Claudio

The Bassarids

Cadmus

L'incoronazione di Poppea

Seneca

Leonore

Rocco

Fierrabras

König Karl

La Cenerentola

Alidoro

Fidelio

Pelléas et Mélisande

Arkel

Luisa Miller

Il conte di Walter

Alfonso und Estrella

Adolfo

Linda di Chamounix

Il Prefetto

Lucia di Lammermoor

Raimondo Bidebent

I puritani

Sir Giorgio

Don Giovanni

Leporello

Anna Bolena

Enrico VIII

Simon Boccanegra

Jacopo Fiesco

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Don Basilio

Rigoletto

Sparafucile

Maria Stuarda

Giorgio Talbot

Der Kreidekreis

La Bohème

Colline

Il Commendatore

Aida

Ramfis

Tiefland

Tommaso

La juive

Le cardinal de Brogni

La grotta di Trofonio

Trofonio

Der Freischütz, op. 77

Ein Eremit

Norma

Oroveso

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Oedipus rex

Nina

Der Graf

László Polgár

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