This is a list of audio and video recordings of (The Puritans), an opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini with a libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli, based on Têtes Rondes et Cavaliers (Roundheads and Cavaliers), a historical play written by Jacques-François Ancelot and Joseph Xavier Saintine and set in the English Civil War. It was premiered on 24 January 1835 by the Théâtre-Italien at the first Salle Favart in Paris.
Audio recordings YearCast(Elvira, Arturo,Riccardo, Giorgio)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings of I puritani on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk (archive copy: 2 April 2023)1952 Lina Pagliughi,Mario Filippeschi,Rolando Panerai,Sesto Bruscantini Fernando Previtali,Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI Rome(Recorded from a broadcast, 5 January) CD: BongiovanniCat: GB 1170/1-2UraniaCat: URN 22.2031952 Maria Callas,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Roberto Silva Guido Picco,Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra and Chorus(Recorded live, 29 May 1952)John Ardoin (1977). The Callas Legacy, p. 43. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. CD: Opera DepotCat: 10826-21953 Maria Callas,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Rolando Panerai,Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Tullio Serafin,La Scala Orchestra and Chorus(First studio recording, March 24–30) CD: EMICat: 585 647-21957 Virginia Zeani,Mario Filippeschi,Aldo Protti, Francesco Molinari Pradelli,Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra and Chorus(Recorded live, 2 February 1957) CD: BongiovanniCat: GB 1195–11961959? Anna Moffo,Gianni Raimondi,Ugo Savarese,Raffaele Arié Mario Rossi, Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI Milan(Broadcast on 20 February 1960) CD: Premiere Opera Ltd.,Cat: CDNO 1448-2 Opera Depot,Cat: OD1960 Joan Sutherland,Nicola Filacuridi,Ernest Blanc,Giuseppe Modesti Vittorio Gui,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Glyndebourne Chorus(Recorded live, Glyndebourne Festival, 18 July) CD: Glyndebourne Omega Opera Archive,Cat: 13981961 Leyla Gencer,Gianni Raimondi,Manuel Ausensi,Ferruccio Mazzoli Argeo Quadri,Teatro Colón Orchestra and Chorus (Recorded live, June or July 1961) LP: Black Disk – foyerCat: FO 1024CD: Myto Records1963 Joan Sutherland,Pierre Duval,Renato Capecchi,Ezio Flagello Richard Bonynge,Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino CD: Decca,Cat: 448 969-21969 Mirella Freni,Luciano Pavarotti,Sesto Bruscantini,Bonaldo Giaiotti Riccardo Muti,Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI Rome(Recorded live, 8 July 1969) CD: MelodramCat: MEL 27062-21971 Adriana Maliponte,Alfredo Kraus,Piero Cappuccilli,Ruggero Raimondi Gianandrea Gavazzeni,Teatro Bellini di Catania Orchestra and Chorus(Recorded live, 27 January 1971Opera Depot gives the recording date as 27 January 1971 (on image of CD cover). or 6 February 1972Robert Levine, Fanfare, September/October 1994, p. 143.) CD: Opera DepotCat: 10379-21973 Beverly Sills,Nicolai Gedda,Louis Quilico,Paul Plishka Julius Rudel,London Philharmonic Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus CD: Westminster The LegacyCat: 471 207-21973 Joan Sutherland,Luciano Pavarotti,Piero Cappuccilli,Nicolai Ghiaurov Richard Bonynge,London Symphony Orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House CD: LondonCat: POCL 2896-8 1979 Montserrat Caballé,Alfredo Kraus,Matteo Manuguerra,Agostino Ferrin Riccardo Muti,Philharmonia Orchestra,Ambrosian Opera Chorus CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 5 091492024 Lisette Oropesa,Lawrence Brownlee,Anthony Clark Evans,Riccardo Zanellato Riccardo Frizza,MDR-Rundfunkchor, Dresden Philharmonie CD: Euroarts,8024211121 (complete score)Pines, R. Review of I puritani. Opera, May 2025, p.766-767.
Video recordings YearCast(Elvira, Arturo,Riccardo, Giorgio)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel2007 Anna Netrebko,Eric Cutler,,John Relyea Patrick Summers,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production: Sandro Sequi; set designer: Ming Cho Lee; costume designer: Peter J. Hall;I puritani, 27 December 2006, Met Opera Database. recorded live, 6 January)Blu-ray/DVD:DG2007 Met Opera video: Blu-ray: ; DVD: . Review: Patrick O'Connor, Gramophone, March 2008, p. 90.Online: Met Opera on DemandI Puritani, 6 January 2007", Met Opera on Demand.2009 Nino Machaidze,Juan Diego Flórez,Gabriele Viviani, Michele Mariotti,Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna(Stage director: Pier'Alli; recorded live, Teatro Comunale)Blu-ray/DVD:Decca 2009 Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Blu-ray (, .Riccardo Rocca (2015). I puritani, Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera 2009; I puritani, Bologna, Teatro Comunale 2010. Bollettino di Studi Belliniani, 1:151–156. .2009 Mariola Cantarero,John Osborn,Scott Hendricks,Riccardo Zanellato Giuliano Carella,Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Dutch National Opera(Stage director: Francisco Negrin; recorded live, February; Paris version)Blu-ray/DVD:Opus Arte2009 Dutch National Opera video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, .Online: medici.tv2009 Dutch National Opera video, medici.tv.2016 Diana Damrau,Javier Camarena,Ludovic Tézier,Nicolas Testé Evelino Pidò,Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid(Stage director: Emilio Sagi; recorded live, July 2016)Blu-ray/DVD: BelAir ClassiquesRichard Lawrence, Review of 2016 Teatro Real video, Gramophone , February 2018, p. 84.Online: medici.tv2016 Teatro Real video, medici.tv.2018 Ana Durlovski,René Barbera,Gëzim Myshketa,Adam Palka Manlio Benzi,Stuttgart State Orchestra, Stuttgart State Opera Chorus(Stage directors: Jossi Wieler & Sergio Morabito; recorded live, 17 & 24 July)Blu-ray/DVD/Online: Naxos2018 Stuttgart State Opera video Naxos product page.Neil Fisher, Review of 2018 Stuttgart video, Gramophone , June 2019, p. 94: "The flight into a historical fantasy is a decent idea but there is too much gestural theatre here; fine performances are boxed into sloppy choreography"; "The voices are strong, and the incisive conducting by Manlio Benzi is idiomatic and propulsive".2026Lisette Oropesa,Lawrence Brownlee,Ricardo José Rivera,Christian Van HornMarco Armiliato,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Director-designer: Charles Edwards; recorded live, 10 January 2026)HD video:Met Opera on DemandI Puritani, 10 January 2026, Met Opera on Demand.
References
Sources Recordings of I puritani on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk (archive copy: 2 April 2023) Ardoin, John (1977). The Callas Legacy. New York: Charels Scribner's Sons. .