Bellini: I Puritani (highlights)
Stefan Elenkov (Lord Gualtiero Walton), Montserrat Caballé (Elvira), Agostino Ferrin (Sir Giorgio Walton), Alfredo Kraus (Lord Arturo Talbot), Matteo Manuguerra (Sir Riccardo Forth), Dennis O’neill (Sir Bruno Robertson) & Julia Hamari (Enrichetta)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia...
Elvira might have been written with Caballé’s limpid tones and predominantly gentle art in mind, Arturo with Alfredo Kraus’s sense of line and plangency of tone.
Bellini: I Puritani (highlights)
Stefan Elenkov (Lord Gualtiero Walton), Montserrat Caballé (Elvira), Agostino Ferrin (Sir Giorgio Walton), Alfredo Kraus (Lord Arturo Talbot), Matteo Manuguerra (Sir Riccardo Forth), Dennis O’neill (Sir Bruno Robertson) & Julia Hamari (Enrichetta)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia...
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Elvira might have been written with Caballé’s limpid tones and predominantly gentle art in mind, Arturo with Alfredo Kraus’s sense of line and plangency of tone.
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Work length1:13:41
This work is only available as an album download.
- Matteo Manuguerra (bass-baritone), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Richard Genée (bass-baritone), Julia Hamari (performed by), Stefan Elenkov (bass), Agostino Ferrin (bass), Dennis O’Neill (tenor)
- John McCarthy, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Classical Players, Ambrosian Singers
- Riccardo Muti, Sir Roger Norrington
- Recorded: 1979-07-04
- Recording Venue: 18, 21-24, 29-30 June & 1, 4 July 1979. Kingsway Hall, London
I Puritani (1988 - Remaster), Act I, Scena prima: O di Cromvel guerrieri (Bruno / Elvira / Arturo / Riccardo / Giorgio / Coro)
Track length3:29
I Puritani (1988 - Remaster), Act II: Cinta di fiori e col ben crin disciolto (Giorgio / Coro)
Track length5:15
O rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce sua soave mi chiamava ... Tornò il riso sul suo aspetto
Track length11:47
This track is only available as an album download.
I Puritani (1988 - Remaster), Act II: Vien diletto, è in ciel la luna (Elvira / Riccardo / Giorgio)
Track length5:11
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Elvira might have been written with Caballé’s limpid tones and predominantly gentle art in mind, Arturo with Alfredo Kraus’s sense of line and plangency of tone.

