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ArtS & ENtErtAiNMENt

Palm Beach Opera Presents The Bel Canto Masterpiece

Norma In A Dramatic Season Finale

Palm Beach Opera will close the 2024 season a Palm Beach Opera Young Artist alumnus from the 2021
with Vincenzo Bellini’s fiery Norma from Friday, and 2022 seasons, who returns to the company for this role
April 5 through Sunday, April 7 at the Kravis debut following recent successes at San Francisco Opera.
Center for the Performing Arts. French bass Nicolas Testé will sing Oroveso, a role
“It has been 15 years since we presented which he has previously performed with Opéra national
Norma, a timeless story of illicit love and de Paris. Palm Beach Opera resident artists Maria
devastating betrayal which is filled with dramatic Vasilevskaya and Devin Eatmon will sing the roles of
intensity and transcendent melodies,” said Acting Clotilde and Flavio.
General Director James Barbato. “With a cast of Norma will be sung in Italian with English supertitles
international stars, a spectacular set and creative projected above the stage. Performances will be held
team, and musical highlights that include the Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. and
serene Casta diva, this is sure to be a night at the Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. Single tickets start at $25. Tickets
opera that our audiences will cherish.” are available for purchase online at pbopera.org or by
Set in the ancient Roman Empire, the Druid high calling the box office at (561) 833-7888.
priestess Norma has fallen in love with Pollione, Palm Beach Opera offers opportunities for the audience
the Roman official who has been sent to govern her people. compatriot Joan Sutherland. Pratt is acclaimed worldwide to get to know the opera before the curtain goes up on
Though Pollione has secretly fathered two children with for her portrayal of Lucia di Lammermoor, and The New April 5. An informative and insightful Lunch and Learn
Norma, he soon turns his affections to another young York Times has praised her “gleaming sound, free and easy exploring the opera’s background will be offered on
priestess, Adalgisa, and the ensuing love triangle culminates high notes, agile coloratura runs and lyrical grace.” Croatia Thursday, March 28 at noon at the National Croquet
in a tragic sacrifice when the truth is revealed. native Marigona Qerkezi adds the title role to her repertoire Center, and a limited number of seats are still available
Discovered by Zubin Mehta, celebrated Italian conductor in a U.S. debut on April 6. for the Opening Night Dinner on Friday, April 5 at the
Carlo Montanaro returns to Palm Beach Opera following Making their Palm Beach Opera debuts in the role of Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center. Palm Beach Opera
last season’s Madama Butterfly. Of a recent performance Adalgisa are Ashley Dixon and Anne Marie Stanley, both also brings free discussions about Norma to the community
at Seattle Opera, Seen and Heard International described recent grand finals winners of the Metropolitan Opera’s in public events leading up to opening night.
his musical direction as “more intoxicatingly beautiful than Laffont Competition. Dixon has been praised by the San Palm Beach Opera is dedicated to producing live opera
any performance I can remember.” Francisco Chronicle for her “bravura display of artistry at an international standard of excellence, enriching the
Keturah Stickann, who directed Palm Beach Opera’s … marked by robust vocal tone, pinpoint precision and a lives of the communities it serves with a diverse offering
sumptuous 2020 production of Turandot, returns to the wondrous air of dramatic intensity,” while Opera Today of educational programs, and training the next generation
company. Her directing and choreographic work has been noted that Stanley sings “with luscious tone and vivid of opera stars. Founded in 1961, the fully professional
seen in opera houses across the United States and Canada, dramatic presence.” Palm Beach Opera presents main-stage performances at
Chile, Japan, France, Germany and Australia. Labeled “the heartthrob tenor” by Harper’s Bazaar, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm
Jessica Pratt will star as Norma on April 5 and 7, Paolo Fanale performs as Pollione, a role he recently sang at Beach and is a proud member of OPERA America and the
marking both a company and role debut. The Australian Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu. On April 6, the role will Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.
coloratura soprano is considered an artistic heir to her famed be performed by Mexican-American tenor Moisés Salazar,
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