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Die Neuinszenierung von Bellinis I puritani wird dank der Sopranistin Brenda Rae zu einem unvergesslichen Belcanto-Erlebnis.

La reprise de cette production de 2013 laisse une impression mitigée ; si la mise en scène reste sobrement efficace, le plateau vocal ne convainc pas totalement.

Appearing in Naples after an absence of 34 years, Bellini's opera was given in a concert performance headed by Lisette Oropesa and Xabier Anduaga.

Pretty Yende and John Osborn bring star quality to this revival of John Dew’s Vienna staging of Bellini's Civil War opera.

A new, musically convincing production of Bellini's last opera marks a welcome return to the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, but Andrea De Rosa's staging lacks inspiration.

Grand succès pour le concert donné par les jeunes chanteurs de l'Académie de l'Opéra de Paris : une pépinière de talents en devenir !

Sans-faute à l'Opéra de Marseille : des deux rôles principaux aux derniers pupitres de l'orchestre, la version concert de l'opéra de Bellini est une réussite totale.

I Puritani ouvrent la saison de l'Opéra Bastille. Si la mise en scène de Laurent Pelly déçoit, les chanteurs se distinguent, Elsa Dreisig et Javier Camarena en tête.

I puritani returns to Barcelona’s Liceu with Annilese Miskimmon’s production. Javier Camerena and Pretty Yende lead the inauguration of the season with a fine example of romantic bel canto.

Le Festival Radio France de Montpellier présente une version de concert déconcertante des Puritani de Bellini : du beau son mais si peu de sens... 

As it turned out, the second performance of the Met’s revival of I puritani was the one to see – it offered some of this season’s greatest singing – and a surprise.

El tenor mexicano Javier Camarena dio una lección de belcanto ante un elenco discutible y un foso rutinario

El espectacular canto de Celso Albelo destaca en un elenco vocal sólido y una producción atractiva pero vacía de tragedia.

Andreas Homoki’s new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s I puritani wows with a quartet of stellar vocalists, but its awkward staging and set design are a distinct disappointment.

Annilese Miskimmon's production of I puritani mixes Royalists with Loyalists - but is musically successful under Carlo Rizzi's baton.

The role of Elvira in Bellini's I puritani requires every weapon in the bel canto soprano's armoury: Jessica Pratt has it all!

Despite its happy ending, Vincenzo Bellini’s last opera I puritani is a 19th century opera permeated by deathly shadows, disenchantment, fading of love and sentiments forced or burdened by political intrigues. 

There is much to enjoy in the Met’s revival of its almost 40 year old production of Bellini’s I Puritani although almost none of it is visual, with Olga Peretyatko and Lawrence Brownlee both fitting the bill. 

Scottish Opera Orchestra and Royal Conservatiore of Scotland showcase singers trained and training in Scotland, tackling repertoire influenced by Sir Walter Scott.

With programming in the major opera houses dominated by Verdi and Wagner, bel canto fans have had a slightly thin time of it this year (Covent Garden’s La donna del lago is an exception). But others are filling some of the gaps, with Rossini’s Maometto II coming up at Garsington and Stephen Langridge’s production of Bellini’s I Puritani, which opened at Grange Park last night.