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Splendid voices, restrained staging, but a surprise ending in Staatsoper's I puritani revival

Roberto Tagliavini (Giorgio) and Pretty Yende (Elvira)
© Michael Pöhn | Wiener Staatsoper GmbH
John Osborn (Arturo)
© Michael Pöhn | Wiener Staatsoper GmbH
Pretty Yende (Elvira) and John Osborn (Arturo)
© Michael Pöhn | Wiener Staatsoper GmbH
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“in its lightness, her coloratura evoked a pebble skipping over water”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 2 June 2022
Bellini, I puritani
Vienna State Opera
Francesco Lanzillotta, Conductor
John Dew, Director
Heinz Balthes, Set Designer
José Manuel Vázquez, Costume Designer
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Pretty Yende, Elvira
John Osborn, Lord Arturo Talbo
Adam Plachetka, Sir Riccardo Forth
Roberto Tagliavini, Sir Giorgio Valton
Margaret Plummer, Enrichetta
Carlos Osuna, Sir Bruno Roberton
Ilja Kazakov, Lord Gualtiero Valton
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****1
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****1
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***11
An Idomeneo shattered to pieces at the Wiener Staatsoper
**111
A holiday Bohème: Puccini, Zeffirelli and tradition in Vienna
***11
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