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Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Elīna Garanča

Sara

Baritone

Mariusz Kwiecien

The Duke of Nottingham

Hyung Yun

Contralto

Yohan Yi

A page

Tenor

Brian Downen

Lord Cecil

Bass

Christopher Job

Sir Walter Raleigh

Paul Corona

A servant of Nottingham

Tyler Duncan

Conductor

Maurizio Benini

Stage director

David McVicar

Costume designer

Moritz Junge

Set designer

Matthew Polenzani

Roberto Devereux

Mario Zeffiri

Soprano

Sondra Radvanovsky

Elizabeth

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky completes her season-long exploration of Donizetti’s three Tudor queen operas, starring as Elizabeth I in this final installment. David McVicar’s atmospheric Met premiere production frames the dramatic and heart-rending love story of the queen and the Earl of Essex as a play within a play unfolding before the members of the royal court. Radvanovsky’s portrayal of the aging monarch is a tour de force, laying bare the conflict between her public duties as ruler of England and her private feelings as a woman. Matthew Polenzani is the Earl of Essex, Roberto Devereux, the object of her affections who is torn between two women. Elīna Garanča as Sarah and Mariusz Kwiecien as her husband, the Duke of Nottingham, complete the quartet of principals. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Production booklet

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