30th May

Concert will begin at 18:00 hours GMT

Donizetti's 'Roberto Devereux' with Demuro, Gardeazabal, Lupinacci and Stoyanov from Bologna

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Donizetti's 'Roberto Devereux' is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano after François Ancelot's tragedy Elisabeth d'Angleterre, although Devereux was the subject of at least two other French plays: Le Comte d'Essex by Thomas Corneille and Le Comte d'Essex by La Calprenede.

Performers: Elisabetta: Karen Gardeazabal. Sara: Raffaella Lupinacci. Roberto Devereux: Francesco Demuro. Duque of Nottingham: Vladimir Stoyanov. Lord Cecil: Pierluigi D'Aloia. Sir Gualtiero: Nicolò Donini. A Page: Tommaso Norelli.

Teatro Comunale di Bologna Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Palumbo.

Recorded 17 April.