About This Song
About "Norma / Act II : Bellini: Norma / Act II: Ei tornerà" by Beverly Sills
Hope flickers like a guttering candle: 'Ei tornerà' is a promise sung through clenched teeth, Sills's soprano a beacon in the gloom. The melody yearns upward, but the harmony shadows it with doubt. It's a prayer that knows it might go unanswered.