I puritani facts for kids
I puritani is an Italian opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini, first performed in Paris, on January 25, 1835, libretto by Carlo Pepoli, after Jacques Ancelot and Xavier Boniface Saintine's Têtes Rondes et Cavaliers, itself based on Sir Walter Scott's Old Morality. Bellini's last work and one of his greatest triumphs.
Principal characters
- Elvira - soprano
- Arturo - tenor
- Riccardo - baritone
- Giorgio - bass
- Enrichetta - mezzo-soprano
- Bruno - tenor
- Gualtiero - bass
- The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993.
Images for kids
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Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso 1832, by Francesco Hayez (detail)
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Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti, 1976 performance at the Metropolitan Opera
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An excerpt from "Credeasi, misera", act 3. The notes highlighted (above the high C) are among the highest demanded in tenor operatic repertoire and are usually sung falsetto or altogether transposed.
See also
In Spanish: Los puritanos de Escocia para niños
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