On the one hand, it's a grand opera with elaborate staging: an ancient saga! War between Romans and Gauls. But Norma is also a psychological, delicate chamber drama about a highly complex woman entangled in terrible conflicts: Norma, high priestess of the Druids and lover of the Roman governor Pollione. Betrayed, this "Casta Diva," the "chaste goddess," seeks revenge. It ends gruesomely: a death by burning at the stake! Madness, ecstasy, and the pure beauty of bel canto!