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Met Opera Revives I Puritani with Lisette Oropesa
12/30/2025
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Story summary
- Soprano Lisette Oropesa will sing Elvira in I Puritani at the Metropolitan Opera on New Year’s Eve.
- The production features a traditional 17th-century Puritan town hall setting and realistic costumes designed to attract new and veteran audiences.
- Gelb described it as a "retro move" that honors tradition.
- This marks the Met’s first new staging of I Puritani in over 50 years, after a prior production drew mixed reviews.
