Norm (opera)

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「Norm」（Norma) ヴィンチェンツォ ベルリーニ composes,1831 year opera. The leading part is sung soprano singer.

• Source language tune name: Norma
• Script:フェリーチェ ロマーニIt depends on the stage play of the same name of Aleksandr スーメ
• Performance time: Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes
• Premiere:1831 year12 month 26 day、 Milan Teatro alla Scala

Details of composition

ベルリーニ 30 years old is young still, was, but "the woman of previous production noctivation" (La sonnambula1831) With success, at that time Italy highest opera composer. Torio, namely composer who bears "the woman of noctivation" ベルリーニ, script house ロマーニ, starring (the soprano) with the ジュディエッタpasta this time the Teatro alla Scala which has made inactive performance activity unavoidable from public finance difficulty as a step of happening dead regeneration,1831 year-32 year season commencement are this work. Furthermore, the pasta which is already made the name soprano remain to be the Teatro alla Scala debut, topic characteristic in regard to entertainment is thought even at this point in time that it was high. In ポリオーネ part this and prominenceドメニコ ドンツェッリJewish rear グリーシ which premieres "puritanistic vain" of same ベルリーニ afterwards was allotted by アダルジーザ part, became the premiere which arranges the highest peak singer position of that time.

ロマーニ at that time Paris odeon seat premiere1831 year4 month 16 day) In stage play "norm" possibility of opera conversion was discovered, it is thought that July 20 of the same year empty script compilation was always started. The fact that the script which ベルリーニ completes almost is received according to that letter is September 1st, it means that from there this name opera completes within only 3 months.

Formation

Main characters

• Moth rear local governor-general of ポリオーネ and the Roman Empire ( tenor)
• オロヴェーゾ, druid follower ( bus)
• At length of norm and shrine maiden, daughter of オロヴェーゾ ( soprano)
• The young shrine maiden where you serve to the sanctuary of アダルジーザ and イルミンスル (with field tune it was sung with the soprano, but at today the mezzo-soprano is many)
• Close friend of クロティルデ and norm (soprano)
• Friend (tenor) of フラヴィオ and ポリオーネ

• Chorus

Musical instrument constitution

Stage constitution

All the 2 curtains

• Prelude
• 1st act
  • Holy forest of 1st place druid follower
  • Before the house of the 2nd place norm
• 2nd act
  • Inside house of 1st place norm
  • Sanctuary of 2nd place イルミンスル

Synopsis

Note:In composition of later workIs included.

The time and place B.C. around 50, moth rear district which is under the Roman Empire controlling

PreludeContinuously, as for stage forest of druid follower. One group which is led in オロヴェーゾ, lifting up the praying which asks the release from Rome, you go away. If as for ポリオーネ which appears from shape in フラヴィオ which accompanies, love to your own norm already awakening, now inform the fact that young アダルジーサ is loved and norm knows that, there probably is vengeance, that, you fear and shudder. In order inserting to substitute, again being led in druid followers norm, it appears, does the ceremony. The fact that it is sung here is famous シェーナ and カヴァティーナ ' clearly and others kana goddess '. The people burn in the anger to Rome, but among the painful chests monolog it does the norm which dearly, gains Roman governor-general ポリオーネ secretly to 2 sons. All goes away, young アダルジーザ where, but this and you are troubled to the love of the immorality for the Roman remains single. ポリオーネ will appear there, will escape to Rome together, that アダルジーザ which persuading and beginning have refused passionately finally the fact that you follow is promised.

Norm under help of クロティルデ, アダルジーザ you come in the house which raises 2 children secretly. Being flurried, in the norm which hides the children, as for アダルジーザ, in the shrine maiden the trouble which does the romantic love which is prohibited is confessed. Mutually the same man is loved with as for the norm which is not known forgives her. ポリオーネ appears accidentally there, 2 women understand circumstance for the first time. As for norm, there is no crime in アダルジーザ, faithlessness of ポリオーネ is to place everything, with extreme criticism adds.

That you will die together with 2 sons, you try, norm, but when you look at the sleeping form of the child, it cannot carry out that. アダルジーザ appears in the house, by his speaks, that the determination which divides with ポリオーネ was set "we want living as the mother where the children are splendid", that persuades in norm. Norm and アダルジーザ verify mutual friendship, famous beautiful double singing/stating is sung.

アダルジーザを諦めきれないポリオーネが彼女を連れ去ろうと神殿に闖入、捕われた、との報せが入る。怒りのあまり、祭壇の銅鑼を3度打ち鳴らし戦争開始を合図するノルマ。群集がポリオーネを引き立てて参集する。ノルマは「この男を殺す前に、尋問して共犯の巫女の名を明らかにする」と述べ、人々を一旦立ち退かせる。ポリオーネと2人きりになったノルマは「アダルジーザを忘れるという約束と引換えに、お前の命だけは助けよう」と言うが、強情なポリオーネは取り合わない。ノルマは「裏切り者の女の名がわかった。火刑台の準備をしろ」と人々を再び招集する。ポリオーネはアダルジーザの名が明かされることを怖れるが、ノルマは「裏切り者は私です」と人々に宣言する。ポリオーネは「貴女は素晴らしい女性。自分はそれを知るのが遅すぎた」と許しを請う。ノルマは父オロヴェーゾに2人の子供の助命を懇願、ポリオーネと手を携え従容と死に向かう。

備考

ノルマを演じることを得意としたソプラノには、ローザ・ポンセル、ジナ・チーニャ、マリア・カラス、ジョーン・サザーランド、モンセラート・カバリェなどがいる。