I puritani discography

This is a list of audio and video recordings of I puritani (The Puritans), an opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini with a libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli, based on Têtes Rondes et Cavaliers (Roundheads and Cavaliers), a historical play written by Jacques-François Ancelot and Joseph Xavier Saintine and set in the English Civil War. It was premiered on 24 January 1835 by the Théâtre-Italien at the first Salle Favart in Paris.

Audio recordings

Year Cast
(Elvira, Arturo,
Riccardo, Giorgio) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label[1]
1952 Lina Pagliughi,
Mario Filippeschi,
Rolando Panerai,
Sesto Bruscantini		 Fernando Previtali,
Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI Rome
(Recorded from a broadcast, 5 January)		 CD: Bongiovanni
Cat: GB 1170/1-2
Urania
Cat: URN 22.203
1952 Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Piero Campolonghi,
Roberto Silva		 Guido Picco,
Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded live, 29 May 1952)[2]		 CD: Opera Depot
Cat: 10826-2
1953 Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Rolando Panerai,
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni		 Tullio Serafin,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
(First studio recording, March 24–30)		 CD: EMI
Cat: 585 647-2
1957 Virginia Zeani,
Mario Filippeschi,
Aldo Protti,
Andrea Mongelli		 Francesco Molinari Pradelli,
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded live, 2 February 1957)		 CD: Bongiovanni
Cat: GB 1195–1196
1959? Anna Moffo,
Gianni Raimondi,
Ugo Savarese,
Raffaele Arié		 Mario Rossi,
Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI Milan
(Broadcast on 20 February 1960)		 CD: Premiere Opera Ltd.,
Cat: CDNO 1448-2
Opera Depot,
Cat: OD
1960 Joan Sutherland,
Nicola Filacuridi,
Ernest Blanc,
Giuseppe Modesti		 Vittorio Gui,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Glyndebourne Chorus
(Recorded live, Glyndebourne Festival, 18 July)		 CD: Glyndebourne Omega Opera Archive,
Cat: 1398
1961 Leyla Gencer,
Gianni Raimondi,
Manuel Ausensi,
Ferruccio Mazzoli		 Argeo Quadri,
Teatro Colón Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded live, June or July 1961)		 LP: Black Disk – foyer
Cat: FO 1024
CD: Myto Records
1963 Joan Sutherland,
Pierre Duval,
Renato Capecchi,
Ezio Flagello		 Richard Bonynge,
Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino		 CD: Decca,
Cat: 448 969-2
1969 Mirella Freni,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Sesto Bruscantini,
Bonaldo Giaiotti		 Riccardo Muti,
Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI Rome
(Recorded live, 8 July 1969)		 CD: Melodram
Cat: MEL 27062-2
1971 Adriana Maliponte,
Alfredo Kraus,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Ruggero Raimondi		 Gianandrea Gavazzeni,
Teatro Bellini di Catania Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded live, 27 January 1971[3] or 6 February 1972[4])		 CD: Opera Depot
Cat: 10379-2
1973 Beverly Sills,
Nicolai Gedda,
Louis Quilico,
Paul Plishka		 Julius Rudel,
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus		 CD: Westminster The Legacy
Cat: 471 207-2
1973 Joan Sutherland,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Nicolai Ghiaurov		 Richard Bonynge,
London Symphony Orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House		 CD: London
Cat: POCL 2896-8
1979 Montserrat Caballé,
Alfredo Kraus,
Matteo Manuguerra,
Agostino Ferrin		 Riccardo Muti,
Philharmonia Orchestra,
Ambrosian Opera Chorus		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 5 09149
2024 Lisette Oropesa,
Lawrence Brownlee,
Anthony Clark Evans,
Riccardo Zanellato		 Riccardo Frizza,
MDR-Rundfunkchor, Dresden Philharmonie		 CD: Euroarts,
8024211121 (complete score)[5]

Video recordings

Year Cast
(Elvira, Arturo,
Riccardo, Giorgio) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label
2007 Anna Netrebko,
Eric Cutler,
Franco Vassallo,
John Relyea		 Patrick Summers,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Production: Sandro Sequi; set designer: Ming Cho Lee; costume designer: Peter J. Hall;[6] recorded live, 6 January)		 Blu-ray/DVD:
DG[7]
Online: Met Opera on Demand[8]
2009 Nino Machaidze,
Juan Diego Flórez,
Gabriele Viviani,
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo		 Michele Mariotti,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
(Stage director: Pier'Alli; recorded live, Teatro Comunale)		 Blu-ray/DVD:
Decca [9][10]
2009 Mariola Cantarero,
John Osborn,
Scott Hendricks,
Riccardo Zanellato		 Giuliano Carella,
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Dutch National Opera
(Stage director: Francisco Negrin; recorded live, February; Paris version)		 Blu-ray/DVD:
Opus Arte[11][10]
Online: medici.tv[12]
2016 Diana Damrau,
Javier Camarena,
Ludovic Tézier,
Nicolas Testé		 Evelino Pidò,
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid
(Stage director: Emilio Sagi; recorded live, July 2016)		 Blu-ray/DVD: BelAir Classiques[13]
Online: medici.tv[14]
2018 Ana Durlovski,
René Barbera,
Gëzim Myshketa,
Adam Palka		 Manlio Benzi,
Stuttgart State Orchestra, Stuttgart State Opera Chorus
(Stage directors: Jossi Wieler & Sergio Morabito; recorded live, 17 & 24 July)		 Blu-ray/DVD/Online: Naxos[15][16]

References

  1. ^ Recordings of I puritani on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk (archive copy: 2 April 2023)
  2. ^ John Ardoin (1977). The Callas Legacy, p. 43. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  3. ^ Opera Depot gives the recording date as 27 January 1971 (on image of CD cover).
  4. ^ Robert Levine, Fanfare, September/October 1994, p. 143.
  5. ^ Pines, R. Review of I puritani. Opera, May 2025, p.766-767.
  6. ^ I puritani, 27 December 2006, Met Opera Database.
  7. ^ 2007 Met Opera video: Blu-ray: OCLC 525349350; DVD: ASIN B000Y9M09G. Review: Patrick O'Connor, Gramophone, March 2008, p. 90.
  8. ^ I Puritani, 6 January 2007", Met Opera on Demand.
  9. ^ 2009 Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Blu-ray (OCLC 1076489082, ASIN B00INIDHR4.
  10. ^ a b Riccardo Rocca (2015). I puritani, Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera 2009; I puritani, Bologna, Teatro Comunale 2010. Bollettino di Studi Belliniani, 1:151–156. (in Italian).
  11. ^ 2009 Dutch National Opera video: Blu-ray, ASIN B008REG7BW; DVD, OCLC 822338241.
  12. ^ 2009 Dutch National Opera video, medici.tv.
  13. ^ Richard Lawrence, Review of 2016 Teatro Real video, Gramophone , February 2018, p. 84.
  14. ^ 2016 Teatro Real video, medici.tv.
  15. ^ 2018 Stuttgart State Opera video Naxos product page.
  16. ^ Neil Fisher, Review of 2018 Stuttgart video, Gramophone , June 2019, p. 94: "The flight into a historical fantasy is a decent idea but there is too much gestural theatre here; fine performances are boxed into sloppy choreography"; "The voices are strong, and the incisive conducting by Manlio Benzi is idiomatic and propulsive".

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