Bellini’s Norma is on the stage in Barcelona at the Liceu on Tuesday the 17th of Feb. Norma is an opera in two acts based on Norma, ossia L’infanticidio (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet was first produced at La Scala in Milan in 1831. Barcelona’s Liceu theatre on Las Ramblas dates from the same error and is thus the perfect setting for this production. Apart from the setting, American soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role as Norma is the other to name a ...