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Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani
Charles Edwards makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer, while soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee star as Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War. Marco Armiliato conducts with baritone Artur Ruciński.
TRANSCRIPT
Love brings Elvira and Arturo together, but politics may tear them apart.
When the royalist, Arturo, helps the late King's widow, which leads the Puritan, Elvira, to feel betrayed, driving her mad.
Starring Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee, don't miss Bellini's bel canto masterpiece “I Puritani” on Great Performances at the Met.
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