Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera's greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David ...
Anna Bolena is a unique milestone in the Italian Romantic repertoire, marking the transition of Bel Canto from mere vocal exhibitionism to a meaningful tool for dramaturgy. The work premiered to ...
If it is ambitious for a 500-seat opera house to attempt Der Ring des Nibelungen, it is only slightly less so for it to take on Anna Bolena, a Donizetti masterpiece that still does not appear with the ...
Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, a thoroughly romanticised account of Anne Boleyn’s disastrous destiny, is something difficult to sell in terms of credibility. Whatever knowledge we can have of history, it is ...
All praise to Welsh National Opera for its bold programming of three Donizetti operas in one season. Under the umbrella title of ‘The Tudors’ the company is presenting this trio of rarely performed ...
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How can I begin to describe the triumph that is Lyric’s Anna Bolena? Written in the Italian bel canto style, Gaetano Donizetti’s opera is exciting for its sheer athleticism—sky-high tessituras, ...
From left Courtney Fletcher plays Giovanna Seymour and Natalie Conte plays Anna Bolena in "Anna Bolena" at Winter Opera. In their 18th season, Winter Opera’s founder/general director Gina Galati ...
Sept. 3 at 7:30: The final showing in the series is of last season’s “Anna Bolena,” which David McVicar crafted as an opening-night vehicle for Anna Netrebko. She leads the cast, which also includes ...
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Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky embarks on her quest to vocally conquer all three of Donizetti’s historic Tudor queen operas in the same season, here as a young royal grasping at power and paying a ...