Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis, the first singer of the part of Elisabetta, painting by Karl Briullov
Librettist
Salvadore Cammarano
Language
Italian
Based on
Elisabeth d'Angleterre by François Ancelot
Premiere
28 October 1837 (1837-10-28)
Teatro San Carlo, Naples
Paul Barroilhet: The Duke of Nottingham
Roberto Devereux (in full Roberto Devereux, ossia Il conte di Essex, Italian:[roˈbɛrtodeveˈrøosˈsiːailˈkontediˈɛsseks]; "Robert Devereux, or the Earl of Essex") is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after François Ancelot's tragedy Elisabeth d'Angleterre (1829), and based as well on the Historie secrète des amours d'Elisabeth et du comte d'Essex (1787) by Jacques Lescène des Maisons. Devereux was the subject of at least two other French plays, both titled Le Comte d'Essex: one by Thomas Corneille and one by Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède.
The opera is loosely based on the life of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, an influential member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The plot of Roberto Devereux was hardly original, mainly derived from Felice Romani's libretto Il Conte d'Essex of 1833, originally set by Saverio Mercadante. Romani's widow charged Cammarano with plagiarism; the practice of stealing plots was very common between rival Italian opera houses.
It is one of a number of operas by Donizetti which deal with the Tudor period of English history and which include Anna Bolena (about Anne Boleyn), Maria Stuarda (about Mary, Queen of Scots) and Il castello di Kenilworth. The lead female characters – Anne Boleyn, Mary Stuart and Elizabeth herself – have been referred to as the "Three Donizetti Queens." They became popular in the 1970s, when the American soprano Beverly Sills promoted them as a series at New York City Opera.
It has been said that, "although the plot plays fast and loose with history, the opera carries its own brand of dramatic conviction".[1]
RobertoDevereux (in full RobertoDevereux, ossia Il conte di Essex, Italian: [roˈbɛrto deveˈrø osˈsiːa il ˈkonte di ˈɛsseks]; "Robert Devereux, or the...
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Naples in 1835, and one of the most successful Neapolitan operas, RobertoDevereux in 1837. Up to that point, all of his operas had been set to Italian...
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all three of Donizetti's "Tudor Operas" (Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, RobertoDevereux). Choo was born in Malaysia as Henry Sze Miin Choo, and migrated to...
including Anna Bolena (named for Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn), RobertoDevereux (named for a putative lover of Queen Elizabeth I of England) and Il...
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solennelle", Op. 78 (1842). Gaetano Donizetti used this anthem in his opera "RobertoDevereux". Joachim Raff used this anthem in his Jubelouverture, Op. 103 (1864)...
Janicello and She subsequently engaged him to perform in Donizetti's RobertoDevereux, with which he made his Carnegie Hall debut. Diverse operatic roles...
1997–2001 operatic seasons Pendatchanska sang the role of Elisabetta in RobertoDevereux (Turin and Naples), Adina in Adina (Pesaro), Suor Angelica in Suor...
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