Bellini: I Puritani

A great and classic recording of Bellini’s last opera, with Callas at her greatest; and though a cut version it penetrates to the heart of the work more deeply than any other. A CD-Rom gives plot and text. Michael Tanner


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5

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:32 pm

COMPOSERS: Bellini
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: I Puritani
PERFORMER: Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai; Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Tullio Serafin
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 456 3752

A great and classic recording of Bellini’s last opera, with Callas at her greatest; and though a cut version it penetrates to the heart of the work more deeply than any other. A CD-Rom gives plot and text. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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