opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoVincenzo Bellini, I Puritani (1835)
libretto by Carlo Pepoli
Teatro Real, Madrid, 2016
- Conductor: Evelino Pidò
- Director: Emilio Sagi
- Set Designer: Daniel Bianco
- Elvira: Diana Damrau
- Arturo: Javier Camarena
- Riccardo: Ludovic Tézier
- Valton: Nicolas Testé
This massive but elegant production of I Puritani really shows off why Bellini's opera is one of the great 19th-century powerhouses.