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
- ^ Recordings of I puritani on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk (archive copy: 2 April 2023)
- ^ John Ardoin (1977). The Callas Legacy, p. 43. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ Opera Depot gives the recording date as 27 January 1971 (on image of CD cover).
- ^ Robert Levine, Fanfare, September/October 1994, p. 143.
- ^ Pines, R. Review of I puritani. Opera, May 2025, p.766-767.
- ^ I puritani, 27 December 2006, Met Opera Database.
- ^ 2007 Met Opera video: Blu-ray: OCLC 525349350; DVD: ASIN B000Y9M09G. Review: Patrick O'Connor, Gramophone, March 2008, p. 90.
- ^ I Puritani, 6 January 2007", Met Opera on Demand.
- ^ 2009 Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Blu-ray (OCLC 1076489082, ASIN B00INIDHR4.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 2009 Dutch National Opera video: Blu-ray, ASIN B008REG7BW; DVD, OCLC 822338241.
- ^ 2009 Dutch National Opera video, medici.tv.
- ^ Richard Lawrence, Review of 2016 Teatro Real video, Gramophone , February 2018, p. 84.
- ^ 2016 Teatro Real video, medici.tv.
- ^ 2018 Stuttgart State Opera video Naxos product page.
- ^ 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".
Sources
- Recordings of I puritani on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk (archive copy: 2 April 2023)
- Ardoin, John (1977). The Callas Legacy. New York: Charels Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-15297-5.