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Donizetti: Roberto Devereux - Teatro Real, Madrid 2015
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(DVD - Code 2)
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In the last and most dramatic aria in Roberto Devereux , one of the four Tudor period operas composed by Donizetti in 1837 (aIong with Anna Bolena , Maria Stuarda and II Castello di KeniIworth ), the protagonist, Queen EIizabeth l of England, exclaims: "I do not reign, l do not Iive". This statement encapsuIates great operatic themes, and it is the culmination of an opera that reveaIs the passions of characters who Iive among palace intrigues. Written in the mature period of the leader of ItaIian romanticism, the opera displays a great vocal virtuosity, and is an exampIe of Donizetti prizing the voice above alI in the genre. The staging, by South African director AIessandro TaIevi, who has been very successfuI in great opera houses as well as with more experimentaI theatre, pIaces the pIay in an undetermined period, focusing on the chiaroscuro. Bruno Campanella conducts the production with MarieIIa 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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