Which cantatrice can claim she has embodied the character of Norma better than Maria Callas? The tragic figure of the Gaulish priestess torn between her rank and her love for a Roman proconsul is the emblematic role of Maria Callas, the one she performed most often on stage (almost a hundred times) and with which she attained the status of living legend. Here is the first studio version of 1954 conducted by Tullio Serafin.
