Norma in Dusseldorf

Above is the impressive other home of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. COMMANDOpera will begin covering the events at this company as the performances offered are rather impressive. Just to give you an example, the theatre is offering a one off concert presentation of Norma starring Miss Edita Gruberova. The artist prepared long for the rôle of Norma, sang it first at a concert performance in Tokyo in 2003 and for the first time on stage in the 2006 Munich production. On 13 February 2010 in the Mercator Hall Philharmonie (pictured above), Bellini’s masterpiece will be heard with the Duisburg Philharmonic under the musical direction of Mr. Andriy Yurkevych. Miss Gruberova’s partner as Pollione will be the suitable Latvian tenor, Mr. Aleksandr Antonenko. Pollione as we know falls for the novice Adalgisa, to be sung by the young Spanish soprano Miss Silvia Tro Santafé. The accompanying selections chosen by COMMANDOpera to illuminate the vocal offerings of the three principals are not all drawn from Norma. Miss Gruberova to be certain, with Mr. Antonenko utilising the finale air ‘E Lucevan e stelle’ from a recent concert, and Miss Tro Santafé an air from Griselda.

Miss Gruberova ‘Casta Diva’ Norma Munich 2006.

Mr. Antonenko ‘E lucevan le stelle’ Tosca Metropolitan 2009.

Miss Tro Santafé ‘Troppo Avezza’ Griselda by Scarlatti. Studio.