I PURITANI

For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I PURITANI has few equals. This striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer, is the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years. 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 Ricardo José Rivera as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.

"In its new Bellini production the pairing of Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee is one for the ages!" (The Times)