The Met: Live in HD
I Puritani
Vincenzo Bellini – New Production!
Saturday, Jan. 10 | 1 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium
$26 Members | $32 General Public | $16 Students
For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. The first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years includes a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer. Its depiction of madness—both in individuals and in communities—is extraordinary: The opera suggests that the veneer of sanity can slip away at any moment, that madness can plunge a person into a destructive abyss.
The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.
Language: Italian
Run Time: 5 hrs., 10 min., with two intermissions
To purchase tickets at the student price, call 315-797-0055.
Cinema Series Sponsor: Elizabeth R. Lemieux, PhD.
