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I Puritani

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Opera in three acts
Libretto by CARLO pepoli Music by Bellini (sung in Italian)
CHORUS OF THE VIENNA VOLKSOPER BREGENZ FESTIVAL CHORUS
VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GIANFRANCO HASINI The action takes place in a Puritan fortress near Plymouth, at the time of the Civil War. Act
Scene 1: The courtyard of the fortress
Scene 2: In Elvira's apartments Scene 3: In the great hall of arms
3.45* Interval Reading
3.50* Act 2: A hall in the fortress
4.35* Interval Reading
4.40* Act 3: A grove near the fortress
(Austrian Radio recording from the 1985 Bregenz Festival)

Contributors

Unknown:
Carlo Pepoli
Lord Walton, a Puritan:
Carlo Del Bosco (bass)
Elvira, his daughter:
Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Sir George Walton (Giorgio), his brother ...:
Dmitrika Vrakos(bass)
Lord Arthur Talbot (Arturo),a Cavalier:
Salvatore Fisichella (tenor)
Sir Bruno Robertson, a Puritan officer ........:
Yordy Ramiro (tenor)
Sir Richard Forth (Riccardo),a Puritan colonel:
Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone)
Queen Henrietta (Enrichetta), widow of Charles I:
Mariana Cioromlla (mezzo-Sop)
Source: Radio Times

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