Organization

Soprano

Yitian Luan

Elizabeth

Eva Bodorová

Baritone

Kyung Chun Kim

The Duke of Nottingham

Mezzo-soprano

Iryna Zhytynska

Sara

Tenor

Vicent Romero

Roberto Devereux

Tae Hwan Yun

Lord Cecil

Bass

Miroslav Stričević

Sir Walter Raleigh

Stage director

Urs Häberli

Costume designer

Marcel Zaba

Chorus master

Eleni Papakyriakou

Set designer

Singer

Marián Lukáč

Eleazar Rodríguez

Conductor

Fabio Cerroni

Basil H. E. Coleman

Landestheater Niederbayern

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Niederbayerische Philharmonie

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Passau

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Roberto Devereux Donizetti

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Visitors to the Tower of London will pass a complex labeled "Devereux Tower" on their tour. It is named after its most famous inmate, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was executed for treason on the orders of Elizabeth I in 1601. According to legend, the queen once gave her former favorite a ring as a token of love. If he ever found himself in danger, he should send this ring back to her. Devereux therefore had the ring delivered from the Tower to the Duchess of Nottingham, with the request that it be handed over to the Queen. But Nottingham kept the ring to himself and only told the story on his deathbed.

 

The librettist Salvatore Cammarano treated the real events fairly freely. However, Devereux's charge of high treason corresponds to the facts. Elisabeth is still holding a protective hand over him, but her insecurity is growing. She feels that he doesn't love her like he used to. And indeed, Devereux is having an affair with his best friend's wife, Sara Nottingham. If the queen found out, this would be the end of him...

 

The bel canto opera Roberto Devereux , premiered in Naples in 1837, is the last part of Donizetti's so-called Tudor trilogy. After the story of her parents was dealt with in Anna Bolena , the focus in Maria Stuarda  was on the dispute between the English Queen Elizabeth I and her Scottish rival. Roberto Devereux deals with the love story between Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex towards the end of her life.

 

The librettist Salvatore Cammarano was fairly free to deal with real events. Devereux's charge of high treason, however, is true. Elisabeth still holds a protective hand over him, but her insecurity grows increasingly. She feels that he no longer loves her as he used to. Indeed, Devereux is having an affair with his best friend's wife, Sara Nottingham. If the queen found out, this would be the end of it ...

 

The bel canto opera Roberto Devereux , which premiered in Naples in 1837, is the last part of Donizetti's so-called Tudor trilogy. After the story of her parents was dealt with in Anna Bolena , the focus in Maria Stuarda was  on the dispute between Queen Elizabeth I of England and her Scottish rival. Roberto Devereux deals with the love story between Elisabeth and the Count of Essex towards the end of their life.

English

Roberto Devereux by Donizetti, From (2021/2022), Directed by Urs Häberli,, Conductor Fabio Cerroni, Basil H. E. Coleman, Stadttheater, Passau, Germany

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