Martha Eggerth heads the cast of Casta Diva, but the central character is famed Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini, here played by American actor Phillips Holmes. Paying but scant attention the facts, ...

The legendary Spanish opera singer has died aged 85 and this haunting performance of the famous aria by Bellini is a reminder of just what a phenomenal singer she was Montserrat Caballé made her name ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. In the pit on Tuesday night was Maurizio Benini, the veteran Italian. The overture was sturdy and energetic.

In the recent film The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher leaves Number 10 for the last time to the sound of “Casta Diva” from Bellini’s Norma. The filmmakers obviously saw parallels between Norma, a ...

As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and immediately falls in love with her.

Carmine Gallone's Casta Diva: A Romanticized Biography of Bellini documents the life of the composer responsible for such works as +Norma, +La Sonnambula, and +Lucia Di Lammermoor.

A triumphant bel canto aria – from a fresh-faced contestant on this year’s season of America’s Got Talent. Last month, 9-year-old Victory Brinker stunned on America’s Got Talent with a performance of ...

Casta Diva is the famous aria for soprano and mens chorus from the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini and marks one of the high points of the Italian bel canto repertoire The film tells the passionate ...

Guillaume Tell, Movements: Ils s'éloignent enfin (S'allontanano alfine!) Evelino Pidò, Conductor Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Gioachino Rossini, Composer London Symphony Orchestra Guillaume Tell, ...