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Anna Bolena is an Italian opera in two acts. Gaetano Donizetti wrote the music to a libretto by Felice Romani. The opera was first performed in Milan, on December 26, 1830. Anna Bolena was Donizetti's thirty-third opera. It was his first major success, and the work that established his reputation in Europe. The opera was long neglected until it was revived to great acclaim by Maria Callas at La Scala in Milan in 1957. It has since been regularly performed, notably by Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé and Beverly Sills.

Characters

  • Anna Bolena - soprano
  • Giovanna Seymour - mezzo-soprano
  • Enrico VIII - bass
  • Lord Percy - tenor
  • Smeaton - mezzo-soprano
  • Lord Rochfort - bass
  • Hervey - tenor

Plot

The action takes place in England in 1536. The opera relates the stormy relationship between King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn, and the king's new romantic interest in Jane Seymour. Anne is accused of treason and executed to make way for Jane to become his third wife.

Images for kids

  • Anna-Bolena-Alessandro-Sanquirico

    Set design by Alessandro Sanquirico for the 1830 premiere

  • Giovanni Battista Rubini in Anna Bolena 1830

    Rubini as Lord Percy in Anna Bolena

  • Disegno per copertina di libretto, disegno di Peter Hoffer per Anna Bolena (s.d.) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON012415

    Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for Anna Bolena (undated).

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ana Bolena (ópera) para niños

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