The Metropolitan Opera: Norma (2017)
• October 7th, 2017 • 2h 49min
Music, Drama
Overview
Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scorned by the Roman proconsul Pollione, with whom she has two children. Her kindness turns to fury when she discovers that Pollione has taken Adalgisa, a novice priestess, as his new lover. When Pollione loses his high rank in the army and is offered as a sacrifice, Norma promises him freedom under one condition.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Tchaikovsky: The Enchantress
Released on: 2024-04-26
Music
Originally set in the 15th century, Tchaikovsky's "The Enchantress" is updated to the present day in...
River of Fundament
Released on: 2014-02-12
Drama, Fantasy
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of No...
Amadeus
Released on: 1984-09-19
History, Music, Drama
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco
Released on: 2024-01-06
Music, Drama
The success of Verdi’s third opera, a stirring drama about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hand...
The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
Released on: 2024-05-11
Music
Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at...
Carmen
Released on: 1988-12-12
Music
This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Lev...
Moonstruck
Released on: 1987-12-16
Comedy, Drama, Romance
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...
The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
Released on: 2012-11-09
Music
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last pla...
La Traviata
Released on: 2017-03-19
Music
A collaboration between award-winning American filmmaker Sofia Coppola and Italia haute couture king...
The Phantom of the Opera
Released on: 1925-09-22
Drama, Horror, Music
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...
Hannah and Her Sisters
Released on: 1986-02-07
Comedy, Drama
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondri...
Cavalleria rusticana
Released on: 1982-06-15
TV Movie, Music
Franco Zeffirelli directs these two legendary La Scala productions telling tragic tales of jealousy...
Verdi: Macbeth
Released on: 2015-10-30
Music
Star soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation in her first Met performances as the malevolent Lady ...
The Prompter
Released on: 1999-01-01
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Siv works as a prompter for the Norwegian opera. As the rehearsals for Aida starts, she marries a de...
Die Walküre
Released on: 1990-02-23
Music, Drama
The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this sec...
Puccini: Turandot
Released on: 2009-11-07
Music
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical C...
Bluebeard
Released on: 1984-12-18
Comedy, Fantasy, Music
When Barbe-bleue loses his fifth wife, the turbulent Boulotte is selected at random to be the next o...
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
Released on: 2017-09-06
Documentary, Music
Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the grea...
Tosca
Released on: 1941-01-31
Drama, Music
Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia de...
Figaros Hochzeit
Released on: 1949-11-25
Romance, Music, Comedy
Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the...