So who was Norma’s baby-daddy?

So who was Norma’s baby-daddy?

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norman lebrecht

November 03, 2013

Our New York operatic ingenues Elizabeth Frayer and Shawn E Milnes have been to see Bellini’s soprano show at the Met and came away confused. The fat lady sang pretty well (even though she’s not allowed to be fat) but there were big gaps in the back-story that neither the creaky production nor the sketchy  synopsis did anything to clarify. If Norma was a mummy, who was big daddy?

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Comments

  • …don’t know if to cry or laugh. Couldn’t they just read the synopsis published in the program?

  • msmezzoNYC says:

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    http://msoperageek.wordpress.com/

    You’re welcome.

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