The current “it” girl of the opera world returned to the Met on Wednesday night, to star in a Bellini opera. She was Anna Netrebko, and the opera was “I Puritani.” This work has long been a showcase ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. I puritani (The Puritans) is an opera in by Vincenzo Bellini. It was originally written in two acts and ...

ll pirata (The Pirate) is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with an Italian libretto by Felice Romani which was based on a three-act mélodrame from 1826. This play was itself based upon a ...

Shakespeare has nothing to do with Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi,” which is based on a different version of the Romeo and Juliet story. But let’s quote the Bard anyway: “O Romeo, Romeo, ...

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The works of Vincenzo Bellini have been a preoccupation of Opera Circle for more than a decade, when the little Cleveland company that could performed the better part of the Italian composer’s ...

At a time when most opera companies remain silent, Palm Beach Opera continued its remarkably innovative season with a memorable semi-staged production of Vincenzo Bellini's "I Capuletti e i Montecchi" ...

While some local arts organizations are content to play it safe, the redoubtable Judy Drucker continues to think big and take bold chances, even in an era of economic scarcity. Drucker’s daring paid ...