Opera News, December 1st, 2003
DONIZETTI: Roberto Devereux * Miricioiu, Ganassi; Bros, Frontali; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benini. Text and translation. Opera Rara ORC-24-2 (Harmonia Mundi, dist.)
Alongside its Tudor companions, Maria Stuarda and Anna Bolena, Roberta Devereux seems comparatively, and unjustly, neglected. Its Act III offers one first-class musical scene after another: the incisive Sara/Nottingham duet, Roberta's eloquent aria and cabaletta, Elisabetta's moving finale. If the melodic design and rhythmic energy in the previous two acts, as in much of Donizetti's output, sou...
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