Bellini

For the last performance of her career, the great soprano Mariella Devia performs 'Casta Diva', the famous aria in the first act of the opera Norma. This aria is one of the most difficult of the repertoire, since it requires breath length, precision and several high C's !

The priest Oroveso and the druids visit the priestess Norma: they want to declare war on the Romans who occupy their land. Norma, who's in love with the Roman Pollione, sings a prayer to the goddess of the moon, asking for peace: "Calm the fire that burns in these hearts".

Stacey Alleaume sings ‘Ah! non credea mirarti’ from Bellini's opera La sonnambula.

Deutsche Opera am Rhein stages Bellini's La sonnambula. Elvino (Edgardo Rocha) and Amina (Stacey Alleaume) are hours away from getting married when a stranger appears, who unbeknownst to them, is Count Rodolfo. Elvino is jealous of the stranger's admiration of Amina but represses his emotion to avoid conflict. In Elvino and Amina's duet, the latter tries to assuage the jealous suspicions of her fiancé.

Edgardo Rocha sings ‘Ah! perché non posso odiarti’ from Bellini's opera La sonnambula.

Bellini’s Il pirata is a masterpiece of bel canto, and Dmitry Korchak is a leading interpreter of this repertoire. In this concert version of Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre Moscow, the Russian tenor is in the role of Gualtiero. He sings his love for Imogene which gives him strength ‘in the fury of the storm’ (‘Nel furor delle tempeste’)