Artist

Admin

Stage director

Olivier Fredj

Conductor

Francesco Lanzillotta

La Monnaie/De Munt

Set designer

Lighting designer

Urs Schönebaum

Video designer

Simon van Rompay

Singer

Soprano

Salome Jicia

Elizabeth I

Baritone

Sergey Romanovsky

Leicester

Lenneke Ruiten

Matilde

Tenor

Enea Scala

Norfolk

Contralto

Valentina Mastrangelo

Enrico

Orchestra

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Others

La Monnaie Symphony

Italian

The Queen and her favourite

Brussels

Belgium

La Monnaie

Grande Salle

The Queen and her favourite: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra

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Elizabeth, Queen of England

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Approved

Now that the grandiose Donizetti project 'Bastarda' (about the life of Elizabeth I) has been postponed, the team has come up with a new, but related project....

In Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (1815), Gioachino  Rossini 's first opera for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, we find Elizabeth Tudor: after a military victory in Scotland, she learns that Leicester, her protege, has married in secret. Scenes of betrayal and sacrifice follow, but in the end Elizabeth forgives her favorite and tries to forget that she was a woman, before being queen: “Fuggi amor da questo seno / non turbar più il viver mio. (May love flee my heart and no longer torment my life.)

English

Dans Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra (1815), le premier opéra de Gioachino Rossini pour le Teatro San Carlo à Naples, nous retrouvons Elizabeth Tudor : après une victoire militaire en Écosse, elle apprend que Leicester, son protégé, s’est marié en secret. S’ensuivent des scènes de trahison et de sacrifice, mais finalement Elizabeth pardonne à son favori et tente d’oublier qu’elle est femme, avant d’être reine : « Fuggi amor da questo seno / non turbar più il viver mio. » (Que l’amour fuie mon cœur et ne tourmente plus ma vie.)

français

The Queen and her favourite by Rossini, From (2021/2021), Directed by Olivier Fredj,, Conductor Francesco Lanzillotta, La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium

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