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Librettist
Based On

a play by Louis Alexandre Soumet

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1982-1983
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)

Show Dates

Broadcast

9/17/1982 live broadcast, KQED and NPR. Repeated 9/18/1982.

Time and Place

Gaul, during the Roman occupation in 50 B.C.

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Sacred forest of the Druids
Scene 2 -- Outside Norma's secret dwelling
Act II -- Inside the dwelling
Act III -- Sacred forest of the Druids

Media

Acknowledgements

This production was made possible in 1972 through the generosity of the late James D. Robertson

Notes

9/17/1982 live broadcast, KQED and NPR. Repeated 9/18/1982. Intermission interviews: #1 Piano Transcriptions: Ivan Davis (guest), #2  Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne & Mo. Richard Bonynge (guests).

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