Bellini's last opera, I Puritani, places huge demands on the leading singers but Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa ...

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Ireland may produce big names who tour the world, but we also know how to keep in touch with our traditions. Here's a look at the history and origins of Irish music. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (the ...

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Some operas survive because they’re indisputable masterpieces. Others survive because extraordinary singers keep making the case for them. Richard Jones’ new production of I Puritani belongs firmly in ...

Bellini’s tale of Roundheads vs Cavaliers requires vocal gymnastics on an Olympic scale. Lisette Oropesa rises effortlessly to the challenge in Richard Jones’s detailed new production Forget Puccini ...

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Christof Loy’s Zurich staging of Bellini’s Romeo and Juliet opera pays the work the compliment of taking it seriously. In a central work of the bel canto canon, it is crucial that vocal values are ...

The Romanian soprano Elena Mosuc takes few prisoners on this bel canto CD. (Despite its title, it’s not just Donizetti heroines since Bellini’s Norma makes a late appearance singing ‘Casta Diva’.) And ...