Bellini's last opera, I Puritani, places huge demands on the leading singers but Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa showed she is up to the task There are two main reasons why operas by Vincenzo ...

There are two main reasons why operas by Vincenzo Bellini are rarely seen compared with the works of several of other 19 th century contemporaries: the first is that he died at the age of 33 in 1835; ...