Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
Diana Damrau (Elvira), Javier Camarena (Arturo), Ludovic Tézier (Riccardo), Nicolas Testé (Sir Giorgio), Annalisa Stroppa (Enrichetta) & Fernando Radó (Gualtiero)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real - Madrid, Evelino Pidò (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage director)
Emilio Sagi’s production is monochrome and beautifully lit, blends traditional costumes with an abstract setting, frames his soloists with elegance, and draws detailed performances from them,...
Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
Diana Damrau (Elvira), Javier Camarena (Arturo), Ludovic Tézier (Riccardo), Nicolas Testé (Sir Giorgio), Annalisa Stroppa (Enrichetta) & Fernando Radó (Gualtiero)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real - Madrid, Evelino Pidò (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage director)
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Emilio Sagi’s production is monochrome and beautifully lit, blends traditional costumes with an abstract setting, frames his soloists with elegance, and draws detailed performances from them,...
About
Sets DANIEL BIANCO
Lighting design EDUARDO BRAVO
Costumes PEPPISPOO
A jewel of bel canto, and Bellini’s last masterpice, I Puritani encapsulates every major theme held dear by the Italian romantic generation : a love triangle, quid pro quos, a shattered love affair leading to madness, set in Cromwell’s England with its lot of political rivalries. It is also an ode to resistance and to freedom, echoing the political struggles that the Italian peninsula was facing in the 1830’s. But it is mainly a testament to Bellini’s unique musical brand, a genius combination of melodic brightness, post-rossinian ornaments, and a profound and melancolic lamento that owes much to traditional Neapolitan songs.
It is therefore one of the most vocally demanding opera of the repertoire, and to face this challenge, the Teatro Real of Madrid called on four exceptional singers : the great diva Diana Damrau is Elvira, Javier Camarena is Arturo (both triumphed at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in the same opera in 2017), as well as baritone Ludovic Tézier and bass-baritone Nicolas Testé.
Catalan director Emilio Sagi offers a staging both elegant and simple, and bel canto expert Evelino Pido, along with the Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, brings forth every nuance of this immense and unforgettable score.
Running time : 180 minutes
Booklet : FR / ENG / GER / SPA
Original language : ITA
Subtitles: FR / ENG / GER / SPA / KOR / JAP / ITA Video : Color, 16/9, NTSC
Audio : PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Contents and tracklist
- Diana Damrau (Elvira), Javier Camarena (Arturo), Ludovic Tézier (Riccardo), Nicolas Testé (Sir Giorgio), Annalisa Stroppa (Enrichetta) & Fernando Radó (Gualtiero)
- Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real - Madrid
- Evelino Pidò (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage director)
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Awards and reviews
December 2017
Emilio Sagi’s production is monochrome and beautifully lit, blends traditional costumes with an abstract setting, frames his soloists with elegance, and draws detailed performances from them, notable Damrau. It all adds up to a very stylish performance, with vocal thrills galore.
February 2018
Damrau dispatches the coloratura of ‘Son vergin vezzosa’ with lightness and brilliance. She is good at girlish excitement and believably mad…Camarena is at his most eloquent in the long lines of ‘Credeasi, misera!’ in the Act 3 finale…I wish I could be as enthusiastic about the production…but this is well worth seeing for its top-class singing.
April 2018
The chorus and orchestra of the Teatro Real provide consistently alert music-making, with the conductor Evelino Pidò responsible for the performance’s rhythmic vitality and its light, buoyant textures.
