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Slideshow: Met Opera's 'I Puritani'

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Olga Peretyatko in her Met debut as Elvira in Bellini's "I Puritani."
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

An exciting newcomer joins three acclaimed bel canto stars in Bellini's final opera, a vocal showcase that features one of opera's greatest mad scenes. Olga Peretyatko makes her highly anticipated Met debut as Elvira, the young woman driven to madness, opposite Lawrence Brownlee, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Michele Pertusi.

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I Puritani airs Saturday, May 3, at noon, on Classical MPR.

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