NOW STREAMING: Norma starring Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Sutherland considered Norma, the lead character of Bellini’s bel canto melodrama, one of her favourite roles. She performed the brilliant and challenging score for Australian audiences for the first time in this 1978 production at the Sydney Opera House, reuniting with her regular collaborator Margreta Elkins, who plays Adalgisa, as well as Ronald Stevens and Clifford Grant. Watch the full opera on our free streaming service, OA | TV: https

Is this the ultimate aria? 🎵 Bellini's friend described the composer's opera Norma as 'the most beautiful rose in the garland' and we quite agree. With a gripping plot exploring religious and personal conflict, Norma boasts some of the most sumptuous music in all of opera. ▶️ Sign up to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream through the link and watch the production in full today: rbo.org.uk/stream 🎥 Sonya Yoncheva | Royal Ballet And Opera

La Première de Norma, c'est ce soir ! Découvrez une tragédie envoûtante de trahison et de sacrifice sublimée par un Bellini au sommet de son art. Deux distributions renouvelées portent cette nouvelle reprise de Norma, avec Karine Deshayes passant d’Adalgisa en 2019 à Norma aujourd'hui, et Claudia Pavone, qui incarne le rôle en alternance pour la première fois. 📅 À découvrir du 26 mars au 6 avril au Théâtre du Capitole | Opéra national du Capitole