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References
- ↑ Norma, Met Opera broadcast of 20 February 1937: OCLC 57372177; Met Opera Database, CID:120790; mentioned as "the legendary 1937 MET broadcast" by Joseph Newsome in "Cecilia Bartoli as Norma", Opera Today, 30 May 2013.
- ↑ Norma, Metropolitan Opera House, 30 December 1944, Met Opera Database.
- ↑ Ardoin 1977, pp. 56–58: "Callas was in top vocal form, apart from the opening scene [with the aria 'Casta Diva']".
- ↑ Ardoin 1977, pp. 78–79: Callas sings Norma as "more the warrior than the woman".
- ↑ Ardoin 1977, p. 99: "closer to the London performance of 1952, and in several instances betters it. Norma the warrior is less dominant." Some stridency in top notes until the third [sic] act.
- ↑ Ardoin 1977, p. 106: Callas "in stupendous voice".
- ↑ Norma, Teatro alla Scala studio recording, 5–12 September 1960: CD ( OCLC 456198404 , 1374303459); Ardoin 1977, pp. 157–158: "This Norma is more giving [than in the 1954 EMI recording], more many-sided, more complex, and drawn in finer lines. 'Casta Diva', for example, is quieter, more mesmerizing (with with phrase endings exquisitely tapered into silence)".
- ↑ Norma Met Opera, 17 February 1973, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 232540, Met Opera Database. Also available for streaming via Apple Music and for download in the iTunes Store.
- ↑ OCLC 612621943.
- ↑ John Steane, "Not ringing my bel canto", Gramophone (October 2006), p. 111. See also OCLC 893638727.
- ↑ OCLC 251853765.
- ↑ Joseph Newsome, "Cecilia Bartoli as Norma", in Opera Today, 30 May 2013.
- ↑ Norma, Liceu, 2015: Blu-ray (ASIN B01IQEGCGW); DVD ( OCLC 962186602).
- ↑ Norma (2016)", Royal Ballet & Opera Stream. Also available via medici.tv.
- ↑ Norma, Royal Opera, 2016: Blu-ray ( OCLC 1038020977); DVD ( OCLC 1011631803).
- ↑ Norma, Met Opera, 7 October 2017, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 356753, Met Opera Database.
- ↑ Norma, Met Opera, 2017: Blu-ray ( OCLC 1082339499); DVD ( OCLC 1082868346).
- Sources
- Recordings of Norma on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- Ardoin, John (1977). The Callas Legacy. New York: Charels Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-15297-5.
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