A lucid Elvira (Diana Damrau) and Arturo (Javier Camarena), in Bellini’s ‘I Puritani.’ Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
A 41-year-old set by Ming Cho Lee from Bellini’s ‘I Puritani’—soon to be replaced? Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Elvira begs Giorgio (Luca Pisaroni) to prevent her marriage to a man she doesn’t love. Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Queen Enrichetta (Virginie Verrez) pivots the plot in Act I, then disappears. Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Diana Damrau achingly depicted Elvira’s pitiable heartbreak in Act II’s lengthy mad scene. Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Arturo, at risk after helping Enrichetta escape certain death. Who knew she was the queen? Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Giorgio and Riccardo Forth (Alexey Markov) join forces in a rousing, show-stopping duet. Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
The spurned Riccardo wants revenge against Arturo, and to reclaim Elvira’s heart. Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Giorgio informs grieving lookers-on of his niece Elvira’s mournful emotional undoing. Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
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Photogallery - Opera review: ‘I Puritani’ at the Met stars Diana Damrau and Javier Camarena