Bellini - Norma
by Jurgen Rose
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Actor: Edita Gruberova, Friedrich Haider, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Sonia Ganassi, Zoran TodorovichDirector: Jurgen Rose
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Stereo; Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 155 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Movie Reviews of Bellini - Norma
Movie Review: Very Good Singing, Very BAD production.
Summary: 3 Stars
I would not recommend this version of Norma. Though Gruberova is solid vocally,she plays the Druid priestess, in a very subdued manner which is acceptable considering her age and the vocal demands of the role. The other players are good but not spectacular and Haider's conducting is erratic.(Norma seems to be a problem for even the greatest conductors)
All this would make for a decent opera if the Jurgen Rose production wasn't so visually horrendous. First let me say I am a traditionalist and I believe music written hundreds of years ago doesn't fit with a modern setting, especially if the setting is thousands of years before the composer's time, as is the case here. The costumes are terrible. The Romans look like WWI Fusiliers. The Druids look like Arabs.They even have machine guns and ski masks. This doesn't work when the subject matter is the liberation of Gaul from Rome. Norma's children look like extras from a holocaust film, they are quite disturbing. To top it all off some things like the altar, mistletoe, woad, and spears(why they need spears when they have machine guns is beyond me) add an odd touch of authenticity.
The point is that the singing,while good enough for a recording, is overshadowed by the atrocious and amateurish production.
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