The Met: Live in HD - Bellini’s I Puritani

Following acclaimed Met performances in La Traviata, Rigoletto, and Les Pêcheurs de Perles, soprano Lisette Oropesa takes on one of the bel canto repertory’s most thrilling roles as Elvira, whose love is tested by war and betrayal in Bellini’s final masterpiece.

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In his striking new production, Charles Edwards—celebrated set designer making his Met directorial debut—sets the sweeping romance amid the strife of the English Civil War, drawing out the opera’s tensions between personal devotion and political duty. Tenor Lawrence Brownlee stars as Elvira’s beloved Arturo, with baritone Artur Ruciński as the scorned Riccardo, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as her steadfast uncle, Giorgio. Marco Armiliato conducts Bellini’s soaring, virtuosic score.

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