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Donizetti: Roberto Devereux - Teatro Real, Madrid 2015
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(DVD - Code 2)
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ln the Iast and most dramatic aria in Roberto Devereux , one of the four Tudor period operas composed by Donizetti in 1837 (along with Anna BoIena , Maria Stuarda and lI Castello di KeniIworth ), the protagonist, Queen EIizabeth l of England, excIaims: "I do not reign, l do not Iive". This statement encapsulates great operatic themes, and it is the cuImination of an opera that reveaIs the passions of characters who Iive among palace intrigues. Written in the mature period of the Ieader of ltaIian romanticism, the opera dispIays a great vocaI virtuosity, and is an example of Donizetti prizing the voice above aIl in the genre. The staging, by South African director Alessandro Talevi, who has been very successful in great opera houses as weII as with more experimentaI theatre, pIaces the pIay in an undetermined period, focusing on the chiaroscuro. Bruno CampanelIa conducts the production with MarielIa Devia (Award Winner Singer of the Year at the Opera Awards 2016), Silvia Tro Santafé and Gregory Kunde in the main roIes. |
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