Norma week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Cyrano: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Hansel and Gretel: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Rigoletto: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Summer 2007

Norma - Week Two

Tenor Philip Webb (left), as Pollione, runs through a scene with assistant director Seth Hoff (right), standing in as a Roman Soldier.

Tenor Philip Webb makes his Opera Company of Philadelphia debut as Pollione.

Director Kay Walker Castaldo (center) and tenor Philip Webb, as Pollione, go though some blocking as assistant stage manager Krista Gadarowski looks on.

Tenor Philip Webb sits with his son David, who got to come to rehearsal to watch his father perform.

Mezzo-soprano Kristine Jepson makes her Opera Company debut as Adalgisa. Tenor Philip Webb, as Pollione, tries to convince Adalgisa to renounce her priestess vows and flee with him to Rome.

OCP chorus member Elise Matthews plays through part of the score before a chorus rehearsal.

Soprano Christine Goerke (center), who returns to the Academy of Music stage as Norma, gathers around the piano with Maestro Corrado Rovaris and assistant conductor Laurie Rogers.

Soprano Christine Goerke, as Norma, releases Adalgisa from her vows after the young priestess confesses that she is in love. Norma is about to learn, however, the identity of Adalgisa’s lover, which unleashes a torrent of jealousy and despair.

Assistant conductor Laurie Rogers and Maestro Corrado Rovaris discuss some details regarding the music.