so thaaaat's casta diva

cruising youtube over the months, i've come across a lot of casta divas, and didn't know what it was -- it looked important -- it's come up, for many singers, as if it's a test -- gauge -- of a singer's...capabilities...or something

well, my friend myron gave me a cd of 'norma,' a week ago, and i've been listening to it, in the car, since then, and...the first track...was sooo...hauntingly beautiful -- or is it, beautifully...haunting -- that, today,...i looked on the back of the cd

'casta diva'

here's...the version i've been listening to -- maria callas -- 1960 -- with la scala's orchestra -- tulio serafin, conducting

i attended a very good production of 'norma' by our local company opera circle, a couple of months ago, but...wasn't as struck...by this piece of music, then