MET Opera: I Puritani

Music by Vincenzo Bellini | Libretto by Carlo Pepoli

For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. On January 10, the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years—a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer—arrives in cinemas worldwide. The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.

Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Production: Charles Edwards

Set Designer: Charles Edwards

Costume Designer: Gabrielle Dalton*

Elvira Walton: Lisette Oropesa

Lord Arturo Talbot: Lawrence Brownlee

Riccardo Forth: Artur Ruciński

Giorgio Walton: Christian Van Horn