The 2017-18 season opens with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece, Angela Meade starring as the Druid priestess and Jamie Barton as her archrival, Adalgisa, a casting coup for bel canto fans. Tenor Joseph Calleja is Pollione, Norma’s unfaithful lover, and Carlo Rizzi conducts. David McVicar’s evocative production sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 16th December, 7pm-10pm