I Puritani 2007
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I Puritani
It's hard to imagine a video opera collection without this superbly sung MET production of Bellini's I Puritani. Not that it's perfect by any means, but its excellences--most especially Anna Netrebko's electrifying singing and acting of Elvira--banish carping about other aspects of this memorable night at the opera. Netrebko is fragile from the start, her facial expressions and hand movements immediately conveying the girl's vulnerability. She has a mad scene in each act; the first when she realizes her fiancé has disappeared with another woman, the third, in the final act, a brief relapse when her returned fiancé is taken by the army to be executed. But it's in the second act that the real fireworks occur, with a Mad Scene that rivals Donizetti's Lucia for bel canto primacy. Here, Elvira is first heard off-stage, after the chorus has informed us that she's deranged. She enters wearing her wedding gown and begins Qui la voce in a voice as frail as her psyche.
It's hard to imagine a video opera collection without this superbly sung MET production of Bellini's I Puritani. Not that it's perfect by any means, but its excellences--most especially Anna Netrebko's electrifying singing and acting of Elvira--banish carping about other aspects of this memorable night at the opera. Netrebko is fragile from the start, her facial expressions and hand movements immediately conveying the girl's vulnerability. She has a mad scene in each act; the first when she realizes her fiancé has disappeared with another woman, the third, in the final act, a brief relapse when her returned fiancé is taken by the army to be executed. But it's in the second act that the real fireworks occur, with a Mad Scene that rivals Donizetti's Lucia for bel canto primacy. Here, Elvira is first heard off-stage, after the chorus has informed us that she's deranged. She enters wearing her wedding gown and begins Qui la voce in a voice as frail as her psyche.
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cast
Full Cast & Crew
... Lord Arturo Talbo
... Elvira
... Sir Giorgio
... Lord Gualtiero Valton
... Sir Riccardo Forth
... Enrichetta di Francia
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Release Date:
Nov 22, 2007
Run Time:
2hr 29`
MMPA Rating:
PG
Original Language:
Italian
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
I Puritani
Directors & Credit Writers
SS
Sandro Sequi... Director
Cast
... Lord Arturo Talbo
... Elvira
... Sir Giorgio
... Lord Gualtiero Valton
... Sir Riccardo Forth
... Enrichetta di Francia
... Sir Bruno Roberton
... Conductor
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I Puritani
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