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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Vincenzo Bellini's "La Sonnambula" is the high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday. The performance begins at noon at the Town Plaza Cinema. The encore will be broadcast at 7 ...

Great operas need great leading ladies, and one of the pleasures of being a New York critic is hearing how they develop their roles over time. The big news at the Metropolitan Opera is that Bellini’s ...

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Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece reimagines the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet as a political drama between rival factions in 13th-century Verona. With lush melodies and sweeping emotion, "I Capuleti e i ...