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I Puritani

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Bellini's opera, set in Plymouth during the English Civil War, is an adaptation of Scott's novel Old Mortality. This production, live from the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden, revives Andrei Serban's acclaimed Welsh National Opera staging of 1982. Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra/ Daniele Gatti
Act 1
8.10 John Rosselli explodes the myth of Bellini as romantic hero.
8.30 Act 2
9.10 Simon Maguire discusses "mad scenes": why do Italian sopranos lose their equilibrium?
9.35 Act 3
MUSIC AND ARTS: page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrei Serban
Unknown:
Daniele Gatti
Unknown:
John Rosselli
Unknown:
Simon Maguire
Elvira:
June Anderson (sop)
Giorgio Valtou:
Robert Lloyd (bass)
Arturo Talbo:
Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor)
DMITRI:
Hvorostovsky (bar)
Lord Gualticrn Valton:
Mark Beesley (bass)
Emichelta:
Anne Mason (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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