Joan Sutherland & Doris Soffel - NORMA (live in 1985, great sound): Ei tornerà • Deh! non volerli

A great live rendition of Norma with fantastic sound quality sung by Joan Sutherland in a very expressive performance and wonderful voice for her age (nearly 59), still a formidable Norma; Horst Hoffmann as a very virile and solid Pollione (despite a heavily accented Italian, but his singing compensates for that); and Doris Soffel in her young prime, with a very fresh, bright and clean voice. Vicenzo Bellini - NORMA: Act 2 - Scene 2 [see later uploads in my channel to listen to the rest of the opera] 1 - Non partì! Finora è al campo! [0:00] 2 - Ah! Del Tebro al giogo indegno [5:23] 3 - Ei tornerà! [8:23] 4 - Squilla il bronzo del dio [12:17] 5 - Guerra, Norma [14:00] 6 - Né compi il rito [16:37] 7 - In mia man alfin tu sei [20:15] 8 - Già mi pasco ne' tuoi sguardi [25:05] 9 - Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdesti [30:11] 10 - Norma! Deh! Norma, scolpati! [34:54] 11 - Deh! non volerli vittime [37:19] • Joan Sutherland, soprano (Norma) • Doris Soffel, mezzo-soprano (Adalgisa) • Horst Hoffmann, tenor (Pollione) • Richard Bonynge, conductor Live performance in Sweden, 1985