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Roger Parker for Building a Library compares recordings of Bellini's great opera, Norma. The story of love, jealousy and betrayal is set to music that is at once lyrical, passionate and dramatic. Top Recommendation (1954, mono): BELLINI: Norma Maria Callas (Norma), Mario Filippeschi (Pollione), Ebe Stignani (Adalgisa), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Oroveso), Paolo Caroli (Flavio), Rina Cavallari (Clotilde), Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor) WARNER CLASSICS 2564634111 (3CD budget) Recommendation in stereo (on period instruments): BELLINI: Norma Cecilia Bartoli (Norma), Sumi Jo (Adalgisa), John Osborn (Pollione), Michele Pertusi (Oroveso), Liliana Nikiteanu (Clotilde), Reinaldo Macias (Flavio), Orchestra La Scintilla, International Chamber Vocalists, Giovanni Antonini (conductor) DECCA 4783517 (2CD)
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