AllMusic reviews Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian‘s recording of Bellini’s I Puritani:
“it’s a fine reading of the opera with many attractions bel canto buffs should check out. One for American listeners is that it offers a preview of conductor Constantine Orbelian, who, despite his U.S. birth, has worked mostly in the former Soviet countries but has now been appointed music director and principal conductor of the New York City Opera. … The chief draw is tenor Lawrence Brownlee, who has been hitting his stride with a group of excellent Italian opera performances just as there is movement toward bringing racial diversity to the operatic scene, and his singing here, rich and relaxed in high registers, is going to help him along. No less of a pleasure is soprano Sarah Coburn as Elvira, a role that has frustrated some of the biggest names in the business. Coburn enters fully into the text, and both singers offer some high notes that others avoid. … Those who have passed this recording by for its lack of star power should give it another look.”
—James Manheim, AllMusic
See the full review on AllMusic.com
