Roberto Devereux facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Roberto Devereux |
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| by Gaetano Donizetti | |
Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis, the first singer of the part of Elisabetta, painting by Karl Briullov
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| Librettist | Salvadore Cammarano |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 28 October 1837: Teatro San Carlo, Naples |
Roberto Devereux is an Italian opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after François Ancelot's Elisabeth d'Angleterre, it was first performed in Naples, on October 29, 1837. It is a powerful and sweeping work and is sometimes considered one of the most "verdian" of Donizetti's operas. After almost a century of neglect, it was revived in Naples by soprano Leyla Gencer in 1964, and has since then been regularly performed, notably by sopranos Montserrat Caballé and Beverly Sills. The plot is about the love between Queen Elizabeth I of England and her favorite Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
Principal roles
- Elisabetta I - soprano
- Roberto Devereux - tenor
- Sara, Duchess of Nottingham - mezzo-soprano
- Duke of Nottingham - baritone
Images for kids
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Paul Barroilhet: The Duke of Nottingham
See also
In Spanish: Roberto Devereux para niños
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