Greenbrier Valley Theatre airs first production of 2026
Greenbrier Valley Theatre (GVT) will present the first performance transmission of The Met: Live in HD of 2026 on Jan. 17 at 1:30 p.m.
For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. Experience the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years – a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer.
The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciski as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.
The new production marks Charles Edwards’s Met directorial debut. Known internationally for his imaginative stage and set designs, Edwards has previously created scenery for four Met productions by David McVicar, beginning with Verdi’s II Trovatore in 2009. Edward’s staging of I Puritani remains rooted in the opera’s 17th-century English Civil War setting and reveals the psychological intensity at the heart of Bellini’s final work.
Join us for a pre-show presentation beginning at 12:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be made available.
Tickets are available at https://gvtheatre.org/opera/.
