Roberto Devereux

Composer: Donizetti, Gaetano

Librettist/Text Author: Cammarano, Salvatore

Conductor: Haider, Friedrich

Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra

Chorus: Bavarian State Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Maspero, Andres

Duke of Nottingham: Schagidullin, Albert

Elisabetta: Gruberova, Edita

Giacomo: Klama, Johannes

Lord Cecil: Franz, Manolito Mario

Roberto Devereux: Aronica, Roberto

Sara: Piland, Jeanne

Sir Gualtiero Raleigh: Humes, Steven

Un Paggio: Borchev, Nikolay

Set Designer: Murauer, Herbert

Costume Designer: Murauer, Herbert

Lighting Designer: Traub, Reinhard

Stage Director: Loy, Christof

Television Director: Large, Brian

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Date of Production: 2005

Venue: National Theater, Munich

Playing Time: 02:14:51

Catalogue Number: A05015691

Synopsis

Roberto Devereux (NTSC)

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London, 1601: love, desire and a death sentence at the English royal court – an ideal combination for an Italian grand opera, and Gaetano Donizetti's Roberto Devereux could hardly be grander or more fit for a queen, making it the ideal showcase for Edita Gruberova, and the prima donna assoluta of bel canto triumphs in this rarely performed work. In Christof Loy's production at Munich's National Theater, Gruberova sings the role of Queen Elizabeth I. Friedrich Haider conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, and the recording is directed by Emmy award winner Brian Large. "Wavering between wounded pride, desperate love, moments of mildness and blind revenge she fashions a mad scene that takes the viewers' breath away. The furious coloraturas, the swelling tones, the outbursts, the nearly inaudible groans – everything fuses into an image of psychological desolation."