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Norma's text, possibly, or line I redirected to Bert (8)

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I believe the answer is:

libretto

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'norma's text possibly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'line i redirected to bert' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'redirected' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'bert'='tobert'
'tobert' with letters rearranged gives 'bretto'.
'l'+'i'+'bretto'='LIBRETTO'

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for libretto that I've seen before include "Book of words of an opera" , "The words of an opera or musical play" , "Opera's words" , "Operatic book" , "Text written for an opera" .)

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