30 Nov 2009
Vancouver Opera's Norma pleases, but takes no risks
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/vancouver-operas-norma-pleases-but-takes-no-risks/article1382168/
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http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=809636
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A musical challenge to our view of the past
https://vimeo.com/operarara/how-to-rescue-an-opera
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/vancouver-operas-norma-pleases-but-takes-no-risks/article1382168/
By Elissa Poole [Globe and Mail, 30 November 2009]
Vancouver Opera’s production of Bellini’s iconic Norma is as conventional as it could be. Its mist-ridden, craggy peaks in an indigo sky and heavy walls in stone and timber are stock sets for gloomy 19th-century tragedy, and its costumes are vintage opera - dark gowns and cloaks, Roman military gear and Druid’s robes in layered, dishwater linens.