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Vintage 1961 BELLINI Norma MARIA CALLAS/Serafin Angel 3615 C/L 3LP Box Set w/Libretto NM

The vinyl is near mint, with only a couple of very small light scuffs (not scratches) on the middle portion of side 5. These are not heard upon playing.  The 20-page libretto and sleeves are mint.  The box is in great condition.

Second stereo label: blue/silver label with large "Angel" script, mfd. in U.S.A.

Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian (1960)

Conductor Tullio Serafin

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Norma - Maria Callas

Adalgisa - Christa Ludwig

Pollione - Franco Corelli

Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria

Clotilde - Edda Vincenzi

Flavio - Piero De Palma

Norma is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after the play Norma, ou L'infanticide by Alexandre Soumet.  It was first produced at La Scala in Milan on 26 December 1831.  Norma, the high priestess of the Druid temple, who had two children by Pollione, the Roman proconsul of Gaul, breaking her Druid chastity vows, discovers that her lover is now in love with her friend, the young Druid priestess Adalgisa.  Norma publicly confesses her fault and is sentenced to death by fire.

REVIEW:  LA SCALA PRESENTS by BELLINI MARIA CALLAS FRANCO CORELLI CHRISTA LUDWIG NICOLA ZACCARIA EDDA VINCENZI PIERO DE PALMA. Callas... brings to her portrayal a commanding nobility as well as musicality which make her as much a queen as any Norma I have ever heard. Hers is a truly compelling Norma, she is a true Priestess of characteristic strength and passionate intensity..."