Gaetano Donizetti: Bastarda (2/6)The Royal Progress

Visiting her childhood sweetheart, Elizabeth is caught up in a love triangle that reminds her of a past situation, when Jane Seymour was the love rival of Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn. This unique opera series follows the life of the Virgin Queen to the music of Gaetano Donizetti. Episode 2: The Royal Progress...
... where Elizabeth, on her royal tour, stops at Leicester Castle. There we meet her great love, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who has secretly married Amy Robsart. A love triangle unfolds, reminiscent of a past situation in which Jane Seymour was the love rival of Elizabeth’s mother, Anne Boleyn. Meanwhile, Elizabeth’s own cousin, the Catholic Mary Stuart of Scotland, has become her political rival.

Director

MYRIAM HOYER

With

  • MYRTÒ PAPATANASIU (Elisabetta)

  • SALOME JICIA (Anna Bolena)

  • ENEA SCALA (Leicester)

  • LUCA TITTOTO (Enrico)

  • RAFFAELLA LUPINACCI (Giovanna Seymour & Sara)

  • VALENTINA MASTRANGELO (Amy Robsart)

  • LENNEKE RUITEN (Maria Stuarda)

  • SERGEY ROMANOVSKY (Roberto Devereux)

  • BRUNO TADDIA (Nottingham)

  • DAVID HANSEN (Smeton)

  • GAVAN RING (Cecil)

  • NEHIR HASRET (Elisabetta child)

Director

OLIVIER FREDJ

Adaptation

YANN APPERRY & OLIVIER FREDJ

Music director

FRANCESCO LANZILLOTTA

Orchestra

Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie

Choir

  • Académie des chœurs de la Monnaie s.l.d. de Benoît Giaux

  • Chœurs de la Monnaie

Choreography

AVSHALOM POLLAK

Sets

URS SCHÖNEBAUM

Costumes

PETRA REINHARDT

Lighting

URS SCHÖNEBAUM

Video

SARAH DERENDINGER

Dramaturge

MARIE MERGEAY

Music arranger

FRANCESCO LANZILLOTTA

Country

  • France

  • Belgium

Year

2023

Duration

76 min

Available

From 28/05/2023 to 28/05/2024

Genre

Performance Art

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