I puritani
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I puritani is an 1835 opera by Vincenzo Bellini. It was originally written in two acts and changed to three acts before the premiere on the advice of Gioachino Rossini, with whom the young composer ha
The Hall of Arms (act 1, scene 3) in the original 1835 production
Vincenzo Bellini
Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso 1832, by Francesco Hayez (detail)
In 1829 the Théâtre-Italien was performing in the first Salle Favart
Roundhead
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The Parliamentarians, commonly called Roundheads by their enemies and in modern historiography, were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War. They fought against King
I puritani
…run by the exile Princess Belgiojoso, which became a meeting place for many Italian revolutionaries. The opera is based on Têtes Rondes et Cavaliers (Roundheads and Cavaliers), a historical play written by Jacques-François Ancelot and Joseph Xavier Saintine and set in the English Civil War. Except for its title…
A Roundhead as depicted by John Pettie (1870)
A Roundhead inquisitor asks a son of a Cavalier, "And when did you last see your father?"—William Frederick Yeames (1878)