Talk:Norma (opera)

message: Synopsis from Melitz, 1921 (http://www.intac.com/~rfrone/operas/Books/Melitz_Complete/OGCG-06.htm#Norma) -- Dreamword 23:43 Feb 4, 2003 (UTC)
Should a link or something to Pasta alla Norma be added or is it too far off topic? I found some explanation at 
http://pow.neomedia.it/gpg/cucina/ix-8-it.html
and
http://www.eat-online.net/art/english/music/pasta_norma.htm
buon appetito
--Evanovka 21:39, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: From the article:
"The title role is generally considered one of the most difficult in the soprano repertoire. German soprano Lilli Lehmann once famously remarked on how the singing of three Götterdämmerung Brünnhildes was more stressful than the singing of one Norma. [1]"
I think its kind of obvious what that should say, but I don't want to touch it because I don't have access to the source info
71.172.121.7 (talk) 08:48, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: This doesn't make sense

message: Is the infobox completed? Dare I ask how it functions here? I am not how useful it is to duplicate the basic info in the first sentences. I hope i am not offending anyone but personally I don't think it is an asset to the page. Sorry about that. - Kleinzach 13:39, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: You can verify this on the score, on the libretto, on the cast of the first performance. I know that in the past some Mezzo-Soprano were casted in this role (modifying the music) but this is just a wrong "tradition". --Al Pereira(talk) 19:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The role was written for Giulia Grisi, who was a soprano. --Al Pereira(talk) 10:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adalgisa is a Soprano, not a Mezzo 

message: This stuff has no place in this article, so one goes to (i) Norma (disambiguation) and (ii) Simpsons. Viva-Verdi 03:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia removed and put where it belongs (if anywhere) 

message: I didn't know him but see this link. However, the quote doesn't work at that point of the article. --Al Pereira(talk) 00:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Libonati 

message: I wondered why there was not any past examples of sopranos who had performed the role of Norma listed? Since there is already a list of modern examples. Would it hurt the article to include them as well? --EmilyGreene1984  (talk) 10:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The eclipse of Norma ca 1920s-ca 1950s should be touched on. --Wetman (talk) 18:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  19th Century Examples of Sopranos who performed Norma 

message: It's too bad that Wikipedia's POV rules require tortured phrasing such as 
"it is generally regarded as an example of the supreme height of the Bel canto tradition."  'Norma' IS the supreme height of the Bel canto tradition.
CharlesTheBold (talk) 04:31, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awkward phrasing 

message: The fact that this page redirects from that of Casta Diva is strange because there is very little information on the aria itself.  I have the beginning of an article on the piece in my sandbox, but I am not sure its notable enough.  An alternative would be to include a section on the aria in this article, in which case my stuff would have to be edited. LM103 (talk) 16:10, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no reason why you shouldn't convert the redirect into an article, provided that you can include some refs which assert its notability.  Maybe you could improve Norma, too, while you're at it.  Have a look at what's in :Category:arias and :Category:opera excerpts to see what others have done.  (Hmm, there seems to be a bit of overlap there, but anyway...) --GuillaumeTell 21:43, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casta Diva is not adequetly covered. 

message: Any comments? Viva-Verdi (talk) 15:00, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added info box for this opera 

message: It has come to my attention that in the chapter "Modern Times" of the above entry, the first three performances of this opera with Maria Callas in the lead role are listed as 1)Royal Opera House Covent Garden (1952), Lyric Opera of Chicago(1954) and Metropolitan Opera of New York(1956). However, the correct listing of the three first performances with Callas is as follows: 1)Teatro Comunale in Florence (1948), Teatro Cólon, Buenos Aires (1949) and 3)La Fenice, Venice (1950). The first two were with maestro Tullio Serafin and the third with Antonino Votto of La Scala of Milan. 
I would like to correct these errors for the improvement of the entry and would appreciate it if any wikipedians would like to differ. Of course, I will add all the necessary bibliography of reliable sources. --Bastias (talk) 17:24, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors in Modern Times chapter of Norma (opera) 

message: I can only think that the following is mis-copied from the unnamed source.  Oh yeah that means 
"after rehearing the entire second on the day of the premiere"
108.18.136.147 (talk) 17:33, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  mis-copied 

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