September 26

NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2015: ANNA BOLENA- OPENING NIGHT

Posted by Layla on September 26, 2015 in LIVE OPERA, OPERA TRIPS

GAETANO DONIZETTI

2015-2016 HD OPERA SEASON

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 @ 12:55 PM

RUN TIME: 3 HRS 30 MIN

Sondra Radvanovsky embarks on her quest to sing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens, here as Anne Boleyn. Ildar Abdrazakov is King Henry VIII, Jamie Barton is Jane Seymour, the king’s consort, and Stephen Costello plays the queen’s love interest in Sir David McVicar’s gripping period production. Marco Armiliato conducts.

The first of Donizetti’s operas to achieve wide success, Anna Bolena is based on the historical episode of the fall and death of England’s Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII. While many operas use history as a point of departure for storytelling, Anna Bolena stays closer to real events than most. The lead role was created by Giuditta Pasta, a great prima donna of her day who would also sing the premiere of Bellini’s Norma the following year.

Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera website: http://www.metopera.org

CONDUCTOR: Marco Armiliato

PRODUCTION: Sir David McVicar, Robert Jones

CAST: Sondra Radvanovsky, Jamie Barton, Stephen Costello, Ildar Abdrazakov

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VIDEOS: Video courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera