Bellini: Norma
Dame Joan Sutherland
Classical - Released January 1, 1965 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
Bellini: Norma
Riccardo Muti/Jane Eaglen
Classical - Released January 1, 1995 | Warner Classics
Bellini: Norma
Dame Joan Sutherland
Classical - Released November 11, 1987 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
Bellini: Norma
Beverly Sills
Classical - Released January 1, 1974 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Bellini, V.: Norma [Opera] (Callas) (1955)
Maria Callas
Full Operas - Released May 31, 2005 | IDIS
Vincenzo Bellini : Norma
Cecilia Bartoli
Classical - Released January 1, 2013 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet
Matilda Lloyd
Opera - Released April 28, 2023 | Chandos
Vincenzo Bellini : Norma (1954) - Callas Remastered
Maria Callas
Opera - Released September 19, 2014 | Warner Classics
Vincenzo Bellini : Norma (1960) - Callas Remastered
Maria Callas
Opera - Released September 19, 2014 | Warner Classics
Henry Vieuxtemps: Violin Works
Alexander Markov
Classical - Released August 26, 2022 | Naxos
Bellini: Norma (1952 - London) - Callas Live Remastered
Maria Callas
Opera - Released November 4, 2003 | Warner Classics
Bellini: I puritani
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
Opera - Released August 20, 2021 | Delos
Bellini: Norma
Maria Callas
Opera - Released January 1, 1961 | Warner Classics
Bellini: Norma by Maria Callas
Maria Callas
Opera - Released January 1, 1961 | Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording
María Callas – Bellini / Norma Excerpts Teatro Colón 1949
Maria Callas
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released December 14, 2023 | Lantower Records - Producciones Teatro Colón
Bellini: Il Pirata
Vincenzo Bellini
Opera - Released November 19, 2021 | Prima Classic
Carried off by an intestinal perforation at the age of 33 in Puteaux, at the gates of Paris, this son of Catania is still greatly appreciated in his native city, where this new studio recording of Il pirata, Vincenzo Bellini's first major opera, first performed at La Scala in Milan in 1827, was made. With this work, the young Sicilian author distanced himself from the Rossinian style then in vogue by giving free rein to his incomparable melodic verve.Chopin's unbounded admiration for Bellini is well known, and the melodic contours of his music ripple through the works of the Polish composer, who was not an admirer of too many other people. The Pirate is full of superb melodies, such as Imogene's aria 'Lo sognai ferito' in the first act, Gualtiero's cantilena 'Pietosa al padre' and the last scene of the work, whose instrumental introduction presages Norma's famous 'Casta diva'.Recorded in the summer of 2020 at the Teatro Sangiorgi in Catania, a recently restored old Liberty style theatre, this new version, vigorously conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati at the head of the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, is distinguished by its absolute completeness, with all the repeats, original cadenzas and variations written by the singers, and with its rarely performed Finale.Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka reigns supreme over this recording released by Prima Classic, her own label. Alongside this immense bel canto, Javier Camarena was needed to overcome the extraordinary difficulties of a score that is not sparing of those vocal effects and top notes that can enchant an entire hall. A bel canto specialising in the works of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, the Mexican tenor triumphs on the great stages of the world, especially at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he is one of the very few singers to be recalled to the stage. © François Hudry/Qobuz