Program

Vincenzo Bellini, I Puritani

I: "Sai com’arde in petto mio"

I: "Il rito augusto si compia senza me"

I: "Cavalier! – Se t’è d’uopo di consiglio"

I: "Sulla virginea testa"

I: "Dov’è Arturo?"

II: "Qual novella?"

II: "Cinta di fiori e col ben crin disciolto"

II: "Se tra il buio un fantasma vedrai"

II: "Suoni la tromba"

II: "Uragano – Son salvo, alfin son salvo"

III: "Qual suon! Alcun s’appressa!"

III: "Son già lontani"

III: "Finì, me lassa!"

III: "Ah! perdona, ell’era misera"

III: "Caro, non ho parola ch’esprima il mio contento"

Introduction: Sinfonia

I: "All'erte ! all'erta !"

I: "O di Cromvel guerrieri"

I: "A festa!"

I: "Or dove fuggo io mai?"

I: "Ah! per sempre io ti perdei"

I: "T'appellan le schiere..."

I: "O amato zio, o mio secondo padre!"

I: "Chi mosse a' miei desir il genitor?"

I: "Odi! Qual suon si desta?"

I: "Ad Arturo onore"

I: "A te, o cara, amor talora"

I: "Son vergin vezzosa"

I: "Ferma, ah ferma! Invan rapir pretendi"

I: "Ah vieni al tempio fedele Arturo…"

I: "Ma tu già mi fuggi?"

II: "Ah, dolor ! ah terror…"

II: "E di morte lo stral non sarà lento"

II: "O rendetemi la speme… Qui la voce sua soave"

II: "Ah tu sorridi…"

II: "Vien diletto, è in ciel la luna"

II: "Il rival salvar tu dêi"

II: "Riccardo! Riccardo!"

III: "Qual suon? ... A una fonte afflitto e solo"

III: "Nel mirarti un solo istante"

III: "Vieni, fra questa braccia"

III: "Ancor s'ascolta questo suon molesto !"

III: "Cavalier, ti colse il Dio"

III: "Credeasi, misera"

III: "Suon d'araldi?"

Bellini's I Puritani

Vincent Boussard (stage director), Speranza Scappucci (musical direction) — With Zuzana Marková (Elvira), Lawrence Brownlee (Arturo)...

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Cast

Vincent Boussard  — Stage director

Johannes Leiacker  — Set designer

Christian Lacroix  — Costume designer

Joachim Klein  — Lighting designer

Lawrence Brownlee  — Lord Arturo Talbot

Zuzana Markovà  — Elvira

Mario Cassi  — Sir Riccardo Forth

Luca dall’Amico  — Sir Giorgio

Program notes

Set in 17th-century England during the Civil War and the rise of Oliver Cromwell’s Puritan regime, I Puritani, directed by Vincent Boussard and conducted by Speranza Scappucci, follows the story of Elvira, a young Puritan woman engaged to Arturo, a nobleman loyal to the Stuart cause. On their wedding day, Arturo helps Queen Enrichetta escape by hiding her under the bridal veil, choosing his political duty over love. Believing she has been abandoned, Elvira descends into madness as the conflict rages on.

In this production by Vincent Boussard, the plot unfolds in an elegant and sophisticated visual meditation, where aesthetic refinement underscores the fragility of emotions and the dreamlike quality of the drama. At the helm of the orchestra, Speranza Scappucci demonstrates why she is considered one of the most renowned conductors of her generation on the international stage. Zuzana Marková and Lawrence Brownlee excel in the roles of Elvira and Arturo, brilliantly bringing to life this epic in which individual passion collides with the upheavals of history…

 

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