Vincenzo Bellini - Norma - "Casta Diva", Maria Callas

#bellini #norma #mariacallas Vincenzo Bellini with the Opera Norma reaches maximum success and enters the Olympus of the greatest composers of all time. Casta Diva is the cantabile of the cavatina of the protagonist in Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma. It is the most famous page composed by Bellini and among the operatic arias it is perhaps the best known. Her fame grew with the interpretation of the great Maria Callas. The French composer Fromental Halévy declared that he would trade all of his music for this aria. The text of aria is the following: “Casta Diva che inargenti Queste sacre antiche piante, A noi volgi il bel sembiante Senza nube e senza vel. Tempra o Diva, Tempra tu de’ cori ardenti, Tempra ancor lo zelo audace, Spargi in terra quella pace Che regnar tu fai nel ciel.“ 👍 I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY IF YOU DECIDE TO SUBSCRIBE TO SUPPORT MY CHANNEL 👍 / @cignocatanese #lyrics #belcanto #opera