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    Norma (Italian: [ˈnɔrma]) is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after the play Norma, ou L'infanticide...
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    Marilyn Monroe (/ˈmærəlɪn mənˈroʊ/; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic...
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    Bellini, the composer of the opera Norma. It is said that the Italian writer Nino Martoglio exclaimed "This is a real 'Norma'!", meaning a masterpiece,...
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  • Tibet Norma Triangle, a neighborhood of West Hollywood, California Norma (album), by Mon Laferte Norma (journal), in men's studies Norma (opera), by Vincenzo...
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    Musicals - the Goodspeed Opera House - the Norma Terris Theatre -Connecticut -Musical theatre of the highest quality". "Goodspeed Opera House Theatre Credits"...
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    Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career...
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    Examples of famous operas in the bel canto style include Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola, as well as Bellini's Norma, La sonnambula and...
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  • was very fond of the Italian opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. The Swedish shooting movement needed a supplier and Norma Projektilfabrik A/S was asked...
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    was established in Bucharest. Its inaugural performance was Bellini's Norma. Opera was also performed by the students at the conservatory established by...
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  • Latin word norma, meaning "precept". The name's general usage seems to be subsequent to the 1831 debut of Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma whose librettist...
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  • 1998). "LONGTIME SOAP OPERA ACTRESS NORMA CONNOLLY DIES". The Washington Post. Nash Holdings LLC. Retrieved April 14, 2016. "Norma Connolly". Soapcentral...
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    scene from the opera Norma. When planning the subject of his next opera after La Scala's Il pirata, Bellini had been invited to write an opera for Parma's...
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    Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who draws him into her deranged fantasy...
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    debut in Norma. Fox re-organized the company in 1956 under its present name. Lyric is housed in a theater and related spaces in the Civic Opera Building...
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    Alley Mills (category American soap opera actresses)
    an American actress, known for her roles on television. She starred as Norma Arnold, in the coming-of-age ABC comedy series, The Wonder Years (1988–1993)...
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    Siegfried (opera) by Richard Wagner The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Carmen by Georges Bizet Maometto II by Gioachino Rossini Norma (opera) by...
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  • CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless, in which she played from 1990 until she died in 1994. Donaldson was born Norma C. Donaldson in the...
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    Dragana Radakovic (category 21st-century Serbian women opera singers)
    soprano roles. She has appeared at major opera houses in title and leading roles, including Bellini's Norma, Verdi's Aida, and Puccini's Turandot. Radakovic...
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  • This is a list of recordings of Norma, a two-act opera by Vincenzo Bellini with an Italian-language libretto by Felice Romani. It was first performed on...
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  • It is based on the 1950 film of the same title. The plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her...
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  • Norma Burrowes (born 24 April 1944) is an Irish coloratura soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles. Born in Bangor, County Down...
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    Montserrat Caballé (category Opera singers from Catalonia)
    marked her final performance at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. That same year she performed at the Met as Bellini's Norma, opposite Carlo Cossutta in his Met debut...
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    Maria Callas (category 20th-century Greek women opera singers)
    later in Chicago in 1954, and "with the Callas Norma, Lyric Opera of Chicago was born." Her Metropolitan Opera debut, opening the Met's seventy-second season...
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    The Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper, IPA: [ˈviːnɐ ˈʃtaːtsˌʔoːpɐ]) is a historic opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The...
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    The Opera Game was an 1858 chess game, played at an opera house in Paris. The American master Paul Morphy played against two strong amateurs: the German...
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    Joan Sutherland (category 20th-century Australian women opera singers)
    by a few performances as Clotilde in Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma, with Maria Callas as Norma. Being an admirer of Kirsten Flagstad in her early career...
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  • Norma Bates may refer to: Norma Bates (Passions), a fictional character in the soap opera Passions Norma Bates (Psycho), a fictional character in the novel...
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  • Jane Eaglen (category 20th-century British women opera singers)
    Richard Wagner and the title roles in Bellini's Norma and Puccini's Turandot. Her career at the Metropolitan Opera started with her Brunhilde in the Ring Cycle...
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  • Norma Jean & Marilyn is a 1996 American biographical drama television film directed by Tim Fywell, based on the 1985 book Goddess, the Secret Lives of...
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  • Franco Corelli (category 20th-century Italian male opera singers)
    of Romeo in Zandonai's rarely heard opera Giulietta e Romeo. Later that season he sang Pollione in Bellini's Norma opposite Maria Callas in the title role...
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