A star soprano astonishes at the Royal Opera in Bellini’s mad final opera

While the country house opera season is in full swing, the Royal Opera has mounted a major new production of Bellini’s final ...
musicOMH

I Puritani review – Lisette Oropesa makes the case for Bellini at Covent Garden

Others survive because extraordinary singers keep making the case for them. Richard Jones’ new production of I Puritani ...

I Puritani review – Oropesa dazzles in Jones’s engaging Bellini staging

Bellini’s tale of Roundheads vs Cavaliers requires vocal gymnastics on an Olympic scale. Lisette Oropesa rises effortlessly to the challenge in Richard Jones’s detailed new production ...
London Theatre

'I puritani' review — Richard Jones pulls out all the stops with this sensational cast

Read our review of Bellini's opera *I puritani*, now in performances at the Royal Opera House to 19 July. Read more theatre ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: I PURITANI, Royal Ballet And Opera

Thirty-four years is a long time to leave an opera in the attic, and I puritani has spent most of that period gathering dust ...
The New York Times

Vincenzo Bellini

Charles Edwards’s deceptively traditional, exceptionally sung production of Bellini’s “I Puritani” makes space for its stars. By Joshua Barone The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “I ...
BBC

How to make a perfect Bellini (opera)

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) became one of the greatest composers of ‘bel canto’ operas – he has also given his name to a cocktail and inspired a Sicilian pasta dish. But what are the ingredients of a ...