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Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani

Lisette Oropesa Elvira | Lawrence Brownlee Lord Arturo Talbo | Anthony Clark Evans Sir Riccardo Forth | Riccardo Zanellato Sir Giorgio Valton | Martin-Jan Nijhof Lord Gualtiero Valton | Simeon Esper Sir Bruno Robertson | Roxana Constantinescu Enrichetta di Francia | MDR-Rundfunkchor
Dresdner Philharmonie
Riccardo Frizza

I Puritani is the last great masterpiece of the exceptional Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini. The intelligently conceived and thoroughly thrilling historical drama, written by the Italian librettist Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881), and the fiery romantic intrigue between Elvira, the daughter of a Puritan and the royalist Arturo, Bellini's rapturous music, full of melancholy intensity, is a delight to listen to, as performed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.
The opera is considered a showcase piece for soprano and tenor and holds its own in the rich operatic landscape of the 19th century, especially with its high-pitched passages and bel canto pleasure at its finest, to this day.

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Bellini: I puritani

Facts CD/LP

Item number
2011121
UPC number
880242111210
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Release
Total running time
163 mins
Booklet notes
Italian
No. of discs
3