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VINCENZO BELLINI (1801 – 1835)

I PURITANI
Libretto: Carlo Pepoli

Lord Gualtiero Valton,
     Governor General, a Puritan…. Gian Carlo Luccardi
Elvira, his daughter……………… Joan Sutherland
Sir Giorgio, retired colonel,
    his brother, a Puritan…………... Nicolai Ghiaurov
Lord Arturo Talbo, Cavalier
     and supporter of the Stuarts…… Luciano Pavarotti
Sir Riccardo Forth,
     colonel, a Puritan……………… Piero Cappuccilli
Sir Bruno Roberton,
      officer, a Puritan……………… Renato Cazzaniga
Enrichetta di Fracia,
       widow of Charles I…………… Anita Caminada
Cromwell’s soldiers, Puritans,
ladies and gentlemen of the castle,
ladies-in-waiting, pages and servants

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Chorus master: Douglas Robinson
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Richard Bonynge

Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London, 15th May - 1st july 1973