I Puritani

New Production
By Vincenzo Bellini

Tickets: (fees not included)
Senior - $23
Adult - $25
Student - $15
Child (8 and under) - FREE

For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. On January 10, the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years—a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer—arrives in cinemas worldwide. The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.

Runtime: 3:47
1 intermission
Sung in Italian

*PLEASE NOTE: Jo Ann Kulesza, (Retired) Music Director of Opera Programs at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, will be in the Theatre at 12:00 p.m. for her preview and discussion of the day’s opera. Having been a student of Opera since college, Ms. Kulesza brings a wealth of knowledge and first-hand experience in the genre, fueling her passion for the human voice and all it is capable of.