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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

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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 [it],
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 [it]		 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

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Year Cast
(Elvira, Arturo,
Riccardo, Giorgio) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label
2007 Anna Netrebko,
Eric Cutler,
Franco Vassallo [it],
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

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  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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