Dhard not to feel an emotion listening to “Casta Diva”, this bel canto hit from the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. An air that is also difficult to dissociate from the interpretation of Maria Callas, who had made it her “signature aria” and one of her most outstanding roles.
With its theme on the flute, its strings, the rise in power during the approximately 6 minutes of the piece and a song which requires both of the soprano who interprets it great vocal agility and a real dramatic dimension, “Casta Diva” is a little jewel of suspended time that presents everything you need to become a lasting part of popular music.
Wonderful invocation to the Moon
“Casta Diva” is the first aria from Act I scene 1 of Norma. The opera in two acts by the Italian composer…
