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Bellini's Opera Norma

Date: Sept 13-14; 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets: 100-880 yuan

The NCPA's new production of Norma will be the first Bellini opera presented by the national theater. It will be presented by the NCPA Orchestra under the baton of renowned Italian conductor Renato Palumbo, who has been music director of Deutsche Opera Berlin; European director Pier' Alli will create elaborate stage sets for this production - combining symbolic elements with modern designs.