Joan Sutherland • Doris Soffel • Horst Hoffmann live (1985) in NORMA - Act 1: Casta diva etc.

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, and Doris Soffel in her young prime, with a very fresh and youthful voice. Vicenzo Bellini - NORMA: Act 1 - Scene 1 [see later uploads in my channel to listen to the rest of the opera] 1. Overture [0:00] 2. Meco all'altar di Venere [14:58] 3. Sediziose voci... Casta diva [23:23] 4. Ah! bello, a me ritorna [33:39] 5. È sgombra la sacra selva [36:57] 6. Va, crudele [44:33] • Joan Sutherland, soprano • Doris Soffel, mezzo-soprano • Horst Hoffmann, tenor • Richard Bonynge, conductor Live performance in Sweden, 1985