ROCKLAND — The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season continues at the Strand Theatre with a simulcast of Vincenzo Bellini’s “I Puritani” on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. An encore screening will be presented Thursday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m. 

"For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals," said the Strand, in a news release.

On January 10, 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—arrives in cinemas worldwide. 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 Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio. 

Estimated running time is: 3 hours, 45 minutes, including one intermission. More information can be found on the Strand Theatre website at www.RocklandStrand.com.  

This season’s series at the Strand is generously supported by Edward Jones financial advisors.                                                               

Tickets are available online at www.RocklandStrand.com; by calling the box office at (207) 594-0070; or at the walk-up box office one hour prior to each opera showtime. Tickets are $32/Adults, $27/Strand Members, and $15/Students. Tickets for encore presentations are $27/Adults, $22/Strand Members, and $10/Students. The Strand Theatre is located at 345 Main Street, Rockland.