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I Puritani

30 June19 July 2026

I Puritani

30 June19 July 2026

I Puritani

30 June19 July 2026
Main Stage
Opera and music

A couple's faith is tested.  

A stylised image of the top right hand corner of a person's face focuing on the eye, eyebrow and part of the nose. Their long hair is visible but blurred and the image is made up of red and pink colours. Across the eye is a red translucent rectangle.

Richard Jones directs a new staging of Bellini’s last opera I puritani, featuring a sublime score and a passionate love story.

Running time
More information available soon
Guidance
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Language
Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Captions and translations in English will be displayed on screens above the stage and around the auditorium.
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Exceptional philanthropic support from 

Royal Ballet and Opera Principal Julia Rausing Trust 

Generous philanthropic support from  

Dr Michael Engel and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund 

The heat of battle

In a world of opposition, Elvira, a Puritan maiden, is in love with Arturo, a Royalist. Though her father initially opposes the match, he eventually agrees to their union. So far, so good – until their wedding day, when Arturo discovers that a Royalist prisoner needs help escaping and leaves Elvira, causing her to believe he has abandoned her for another woman. Heartbroken, she descends into madness. When Arturo, accused of treason, faces execution, the young couple's happiness is further threatened...

Background

Vincenzo Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece is transformed in Richard Jones’ compelling new staging, which stars Lisette Oropesa as the devoted and deeply vulnerable heroine Elvira, and Francesco Demuro as her courageous lover. With virtuosic coloratura passages and ethereal, otherworldly arias, Bellini’s score imbues I puritani with profound emotional depth, the opera exploring, in equal parts, the tenderness of true love and the shattering anguish of loss. Conductor Riccardo Frizza makes his debut with The Royal Opera.

Cast and Creatives

Cast
The cast of this production may vary depending on performance date. Go to cast and dates to see these.
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Creatives
Libretto

Carlo Pepoli

Set Designer

Hyemi Shin

Costume Designer

Nicky Gillibrand

Lighting Designer

Adam Silverman

Movement Director

Sarah Fahie

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