NORMA:Bellini
Original Air Date: 03/17/1979
Maag; Verrett, Obraztsova, Cossutta, Plishka
SID.19150107
Verrett was a very fine Norma, but this broadcast marks her first in house Met Norma returning after indisposition on the opening night; Marisa Galvany made an unscheduled debut and a highly successful one. Obraztsova is not my idea of Adalgisa and doesn’t make a particularly good match. Verrett’s first Norma was with the Met on tour in Boston and a fine one it was; she also has a very successful broadcast from San Francisco which has appeared at times on private records. Cossutta had made his debut as Pollione on the 1973 Norma broadcast with Caballe and Cossotto (also available on MOoD. This 1979 Norma run marks the end of Cossutta’s Met career
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