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Norma


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Classics today

2007

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Robert Levine (musikanmelder)

2007

"It does neither the opera nor the soprano any favors. In most ways, it's a pretty gloomy affair ... Everything is dark. The costumes are modern but only can be defined as such because they evoke no particular era ... But of course, all ears are on Norma. Gruberova is 60 years old now, and close-ups are not a good idea ... She is wonderfully into the role's ethos, however, and nary a word or note goes by thoughtlessly. Every mood change of Norma's, every tender or angry turn, is clear. But all is not well vocally".


Politiken

d. 14. June 2006

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Jan Jacoby

d. 14. June 2006


Jyllands-posten

d. 20. Dec. 2006

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John Christiansen

d. 20. Dec. 2006


Politiken

d. 8. May 2007

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Thomas Michelsen

d. 8. May 2007

"Gruberova har taget omhyggeligt tilløb til sin sceniske debut i partiet. Powerfulde forteansatser kombineret med sans for Bellinis lange bel canto- linjer og delikatesse i devage koloraturer giver flotte point ... Normas unge rivalinde, Adalgisa, synges direkte fremragende med et tilpas mål af dramatisk robusthed ... en vokalt fremragende Norma".


Jyllands-posten

d. 30. Jan. 2007

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John Christiansen

d. 30. Jan. 2007

"Edita Gruberova fyldte i sidste måned 60 år, men hun synger så blændende som nogensinde. For et år siden sang hun sin første Norma på scenen på Statsoperaen i München, og selv om Bellinis præstinde ikke ligger helt så ideelt for hendes lette sopran som Donizettis Lucia di Lammermoor, så er det en flot sunget og bevægende præstation".


Jyllands-posten

d. 16. Nov. 2009

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John Christiansen

d. 16. Nov. 2009


Kristeligt dagblad

d. 29. Nov. 2006

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Bernhard Lewkovitch

d. 29. Nov. 2006


BBC music magazine

2017 January

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Anna Picard

2017 January

"Newbury's staging drains Bellini's lyric tragedy of its volatile emotional energy and essential intimacy ... As Norma, Sondra Radvanovsky favours Joan Crawford-style histrionics. As conductor, Renato Palumba adjusts the tempo for every embellishment ... But Bellini's compact, psychological masterpiece sags and drifts where it should grip".


Klassisk

2017, nr. 44

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Steen Chr. Steensen

2017, nr. 44

"Lad mig først falde i svime over Sandra Radvanovsky som Norma. Den amerikanske sopran ... erobrer her totalt den mest navnkundige bel canto-rolle af dem alle ... Hun behersker klang og dynamik i alle nuancer, hendes koloraturer sidder lige i øret ... Det er en ren fryd at overgive sig totalt ... Den sceniske ramme for denne opsætning er ret ordinær ... hvilket giver så meget mere plads til sangerne ... musikalsk sikkert underbygget af dirigenten Renato Palumbo".


Klassisk

2018, nr. 48

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Steen Chr. Steensen

2018, nr. 48

"Religionshadet får frie tøjler i Àlex Ollé opsætning på Covent Garden ... og så erdet i den forbindelse tilsyneladende ligegyldigt, at Norma-dramaet kun anvender religiøsiteten som en ramme for det virkelige drama, der foregår inde i en kvindes sind ... Sangerne er af svingende kvalitet ... I orkestergraven står Antonio Pappano som en anden fyrbøder og sætter fuldt blus under Bellinis partitur ... Det er effektfuldt, men meget lidt Bellinisk. Og det gælder vel for hele opsætningen".


Operabladet Ascolta

(2008) 26. årgang nr. 7

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Henrik Marcussen

(2008) 26. årgang nr. 7


BBC music magazine

2019 February

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Christopher Cook (musikanmelder)

2019 February

"Robert Jones designs an ancient forest full of apparently real trees and as the overture ends, director David McVicar trudges his blood-smeared warriors in from battle bearing their dead on shields ... Look away if you can and remember that Norma is about singing. The American soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is the international Norma of choice at the moment and she sings 'big', lacking perhaps the legato that Bellini's long-limbed melodies demant. But Joyce DiDonato ... know exactly how to handle this music ... In the pit Carlo Rizzi is, as ever, the safest pair of hands in this repertoire".


Operabladet Ascolta

(2007) 25. årgang nr. 8

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Henrik Marcussen

(2007) 25. årgang nr. 8

"Todorovich ... er en solid syngemaskine, hvor styrke overgår finesse ... Til gengæld findes hos Gruberova de fineste tempererede nuancer, en perfektioneret teknik som et mønstereksempel på bel canto ... hun er vokset vokalt og står i dag som genrens ubesejrede arvtager".


The gramophone

2016 December

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Neil Fisher (musikanmelder)

2016 December

"It's a scrappy, strenous affair ... Perhaps it's best to focus on the star. She is Sondra Radvanovsky ... [and] scores a triumph here ... Yes, her Casta diva is dispatched with juicy flair, but it's in the preceding lines that the soprano really shows her mettle. Here Radvanovsky astutely establishes Norma's divided loyalties rather than affecting to channel the voice of divine Irminsul".


High fidelity (Kbh.)

Årg. 40, nr. 6 (2007)

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Mogens Wenzel Andreasen

Årg. 40, nr. 6 (2007)


Diapason

2019 janvier

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Vincent Agrech

2019 janvier

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or".


Fono Forum

2019 Februar

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Manuel Brug

2019 Februar

"Dieser Neuinszenierung von Vincenzo Bellinis mondsüchtiger Norma .. setzt auf gallische Druidenästhetik mit Nachthemd, Schwert und Rauschebart im düsteren Nebelwald ... Interpretation, Neudeutung, Aktualisierung finden nicht statt ... Sondra Ratvanovsky ist als amerikanische Belcanto-Queen auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere, aber dieser zollt sie mit überdeutlichem Vibrato und Höhenschärfen ihren Tribut ... Joyce DiDonato glänzt technisch makellos ... Beide Frauenstimmen mischen sich im Timbre gut ... Ein wenig steif singt Joseph Calleja den undankbaren Pollione ... Auf erwartbarem Niveau: Chor und Orchester unter dem routinierten Carlo Rizzi".


The gramophone

2019 January

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Hugo Shirley

2019 January

"Editor's choice: In Sondra Radvanovsky and Joyce DiDonato the Met production has two singers at the height of their formidable powers ... Rizzi's love for the score comes across in every bar; he conducts the Met Orchestra superbly and they play gloriously for him. David McVicar deserves praise for bringing out such moving acting from Radvanovsky and DiDonato in particular but the production itself is less satisfying ... Happily, though, none of this significantly detracts from some glorious central performances, conducting and playing".