Oh! di qual sei tu vittima

In the scene between Norma and Adalgisa, in the second act, is the duet, "Mira, O, Norma!" (Hear me, Norma).

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Mira, o, Norma! a' tuoi ginocchi,

Among the melodious passages in the opera, this is second in beauty only to "Casta diva."

I PURITANI
THE PURITANS

Opera in three acts, by Bellini; words by Count Pepoli. Produced, Paris, Théâtre des Italiens, January 25, 1835, with Grisi as Elvira, Rubini as Arturo, Tamburini as Riccardo and Lablache as Giorgio. London, King's Theatre, May 21, 1835, in Italian (I Puritani ed i Cavalieri). New York, February 3, 1844; Academy of Music, 1883, with Gerster; Manhattan Opera House, December 3, 1906, with Bonci as Arturo, and Pinkert as Elvira; and in 1909 with Tetrazzini as Elvira.

Characters

Lord Gautier Walton of the PuritansBass
Sir George Walton, his brother, of the PuritansBass
Lord Arthur Talbot, of the CavaliersTenor
Sir Richard Forth, of the PuritansBaritone
Sir Benno Robertson, of the PuritansTenor
Henrietta, of France, widow of Charles I.Soprano
Elvira, daughter of Lord WaltonSoprano