Vermont Public Classical

I Puritani

Vermont Public | By Tim Johnson

Published April 30, 2014 at 3:46 PM EDT

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Olga Peretyatko in her Met debut as Elvira in Bellini's "I Puritani."

Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

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Olga Peretyatko as Elvira and Michele Pertusi as Giorgio in Bellini's "I Puritani."

Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

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Olga Peretyatko in her Met debut as Elvira in Bellini's "I Puritani."

Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

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Mariusz Kwiecien as Riccardo in Bellini's "I Puritani."

Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

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Olga Peretyatko as Elvira and Mariusz Kwiecien as Riccardo in Bellini's "I Puritani."

Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

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Lawrence Brownlee as Arturo in Bellini's "I Puritani."

Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Saturday Matinee presents the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Bellini's I Puritani.

Olga Peretyatko sings the role of Elvira Walton, with Lawrence Brownlee (Lord Arturo Talbot), Mariusz Kwiecien (Riccardo Forth), Michele Pertusi (Giorgio Walton)

Michele Mariotti conducts. Read the synopsis.

Broadcast Saturday, May 5, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. on VPR Classical.

"A lovely woman with a beguiling stage presence, [Peretyatko] has a clear, shimmering voice with a bright but never hard-edged sound and the technique to dispatch runs and roulades with comfortable agility." - New York Times