Theater an der Wien: Norma

Norma – Asmik Grigorian

Adalgisa – Aigul Akhmetshina

Pollione – Freddie de Tommaso

Oroveso – Tareq Nazmi

Composer – Vincenzo Bellini

Stage Director – Vasily Barkhatov

Conductor – Francesco Lanzillotta

Stage designer – Zinovi Margolin

Costume designer – Olga Shaishmelashvili

Lighting designer – Aleksander Sivaev

“Asmik Grigorian is a phenomenon on stage” (Kurier) “Thrilling, exciting, mind-blowing” (Suddeutsche Zeitung) 

Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, written in 1831, is his most famous opera and is one of the masterpieces of Italian Romanticism. With the role of Norma, Bellini created a female character who goes through every conceivable human condition in a short space of time and expresses them with musical means ranging from bel canto to screams. Director Vasily Barkhatov iinterprets the tragedy against the backdrop of a political system change. Norma, a priestess of the moon goddess in the opera, is caught between the millstones of ideological upheaval, in which old idols are replaced by new idols. One of the most renowned singers of our time makes her debut in the title role: Asmik Grigorian.