Cecilia Bartoli is recording Norma in Zürich

The Cecilia Bartoli Forum reports that Bartoli is recording Norma in Zurich with the Giardino Armonico’s Giovanni Antonini conducting. The news comes from Radio Télévision Suisse in an interview with Antonini.

Bartoli performed the opera in concert form in Dortmund last year with Thomas Hengelbrock and his Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble. The result was memorising, even more so because of the doubts that even her most ardent fans had about the capacity of her voice to tackle this monumental opera.

Well tackle it she did, and La Bartoli emerged triumphant! It was therefore surprising not to see microphones dotted around the auditorium for a live recording. Now Decca seems to be putting things right, allowing her legions of fans to share her vision of Norma.

Photo: Cecilia Bartoli and Thomas Hengelbrock after Norma in Dortmund on 1st July 2010

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Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.