I Puritani Premieres beginning Sunday, July 12 (check local listings) on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app Charles Edwards makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer, while soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee star as Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War. Marco Armiliato conducts with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn portraying Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.
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Lisette Oropesa
Lyric coloratura soprano Lisette Oropesa is one of the most in-demand artists on the stages of the world, performing at leading opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, and Opéra National de Paris.
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