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Bellini: I puritani - Frizza

EuroArts 4211121 (3 discs)

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Opera

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 (conductor)

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.