I Puritani
“Maria Malibran” Version of score
Conductor Fabio Luisi – 1988
Orchestra – Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus – Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Elvira – Lucia Aliberti
Arturo Talbot – Rockwell Blake
Sir Riccardo Forth – Vinson Cole
Sir Giorgio – Mario Luperi
Enrichetta di Francia – Janet Bartolova
Sir Bruno Robertson – Mario Ferrara
Lord Gualtiero Valton – Ambrogio Riva
38 Sopranos in the Puritani Mad Scene
One of the most interesting parts of Bel Canto is the ability of the singer to express themselves with added ornamentation, variations and cadenzas. This improvisational quality is highlighted in the following collection of historic and modern singers in the Mad Scene cabaletta from I Puritani, “Vien diletto”.
Ruth Ann Swenson I Puritani 1995
The much underrated American coloratura Ruth Ann Swenson sparkles in this I Puritani from Geneva!
I Puritani
Geneve 1995
Conductor Bruno Campanella
Elvira – Ruth Ann Swenson
Arturo Talbot – Stuart Neill
Sir Riccardo Forth – Jeffrey Black
Sir Giorgio – Michele Pertusi
Enrichetta di Francia – Rebecca Russell
Sir Bruno Robertson – Jan Martin
Lord Gualtiero Valton – Kristinn Sigmundsson
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