Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Norma, opera: Sinfonia / Overture
2. Norma, opera: Act 1. Coro d'Introduzione e cavatina. Scena: Ite sul colle
3. Norma, opera: Act 1. Recitativo e Cavatina. Svanir le voci
4. Norma, opera: Act 1. Recitativo e Cavatina. Meco all'altar di Venere
5. Norma, opera: Act 1. Recitativo e Cavatina. Odi!? I suoi riti a compiere
6. Norma, opera: Act 1. Recitativo e Cavatina. Me protegge, me difende
7. Norma, opera: Act 1. Coro. Norma viene
8. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e cavatina. Sediziose voci!
9. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e cavatina. Casta Diva
10. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e cavatina. Fine al rito
11. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e cavatina. Ah! Bello, a me ritorna
12. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e Duetto. Sgombra è la sacra selva
13. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e Duetto. Deh! Proteggimi, o Dio!... 'Eccola! Va, mi lascia
14. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e Duetto. Va, crudele, al Dio spietato
15. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e Duetto. Vanne, e li cela entrambi
16. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e Duetto. Adalgisa!...Alma, costanza!
17. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scene e Duetto. Oh! Rimembranza! Io fui così

Disc 2:

1. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scena e Terzetto - Finale Primo. Ma di': l'amato giovane
2. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scena e Terzetto - Finale Primo. Oh non tremare
3. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scena e Terzetto - Finale Primo. Oh! Di qual sei tu vittima
4. Norma, opera: Act 1. Scena e Terzetto - Finale Primo. Perfido!...Or basti
5. Norma, opera: Act 2. Introduzione.
6. Norma, opera: Act 2. Dormono entrambi... Teneri, teneri figli
7. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena e Duetto. Me chiami, o Norma
8. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena e Duetto. Deh! con te, con te li prendi
9. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena e Duetto. Mira, o Norma, a'tuoi ginocchi
10. Norma, opera: Act 2. Coro. Non partì!
11. Norma, opera: Act 2. Coro. Guerrieri! A voi venirne
12. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena. Ei tornerà
13. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena. Squilla il bronzo del Dio!... Norma! Che fu?
14. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena. Guerra! Guerra!
15. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena e Duetto. Nè compi il rito, o Norma?
16. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena e Duetto. In mia man alfin tu sei
17. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena ed Aria final. All'ira vostra
18. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena ed Aria final. Qual cor tradisti
19. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena ed Aria final. Norma, deh! Norma scòlpati!
20. Norma, opera: Act 2. Scena ed Aria final. Deh! Non volerli vittime

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #282864 in Music
• Released on: 2000-06-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .43 pounds

Customer Reviews

Deutekom and Troyanos are vocal goddesses!
Despite having listened to nearly every major exponent of this role (Cigna, Callas I & II, Sutherland I & II, Caballe), I never could "warm up" to "Norma" as an opera: it just seemed too bland, discontinuous, dramatically "not there." But by golly, THIS is the recording that did it for me! Cellario's conducting is taut, brisk and dramatic; he pulls the various scenes together like no one else. The tenor Morella starts out OK but gets better and better through the performance; Clifford Grant, as Oroveso, is magnificent; and the all-important female leads are sung as well or better than I have EVER heard them. Deutekom was in fabulous voice: every note just flies out there like the golden ping of some enormous, other-worldly bell, and her incisive dramatic flair just takes one's breath away. Troyanos, who could sometimes be uneven, is at her glorious best here. When the two of them get going in their duets, it is so fantastic that you actually can't breathe while listening to them. (The knowledgeable audience breaks up "Mira, o Norma" with a half-minute's applause, but who could blame them? They probably had goosebumps running up and down their backs.) The much-overrated trio for Norma, Adalgisa and Pollione has never been sung better, all three voices blend perfectly in size, weight and texture, and to hear Deutekom in the Act I finale is to truly hear the Voice of the Goddess. My only two (little) complaints: "Casta diva" is JUST a hair too fast, forcing Deutekom to smudge two of her coloratura figures, and of course the sound is "broadcast quality," very good broadcast quality but certainly not up to the level of today's super-clean digital recordings. Otherwise...this IS "Norma," go for it!

Deutekoms best
This recording has caught Cristina Deutekom in what must have been one of her best performances on stage ever. The voice soares thoughout the whole range, from the always well projected chest voice unto the thrilling "acuti". She gives the role all the dramatic shades it requires and never holds back. The sum of this is best heard in her duet with Pollione: the best I have ever heard it sung.

In Tatiana Troyanos she has an equal partner in every respect. Together they do put the famed Sutherland/Horne duo in the shade.

Never mind it being a live recording, get it!

Cristina Deutekom's Norma
After listening to this recording, I went back and listened to my other Norma recordings: Callas, Sutherland, Caballe, Callas and Sutherland again, and decided that the Deutekom recording is now my firm favorite. The dramatic and exciting reading by Deutekom and Troyanos is such an adrenaline rush I can't get enough of this CD. Just listen to the Finale of Act One to be convinced. Deutekom's voice is strong in all ranges, low, middle and high, and the throb in her voice during dramatic passages really moves me. Her high D's and E flats are given full voice with nothing held back. Highest recommendation!!