About the Show
Composed at the time of his wife’s death, this is Donizetti‘s 57th opera. London, early 17th century. The Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, although loved by Queen Elizabeth is in love with Sara, Countess of Nottingham. Essex is accused of treason and sentenced to death by the Queen, whose reprieve comes too late to save him.
Sung in Italian, with English surtitles.
Cast
Justina Gringyte
Sara
Joyce El-Khoury
Elisabetta
Robyn Lyn Evans
Cecil
Wyn Pencarreg
Walter Raleigh
Barr Banks
Roberto Devereux
Philip Smith
Nottingham's Confidant
Creatives
Donizetti
Music
Cammarano
Lyrics
Welsh National Opera
Company
Carlo Rizzi (Cardiff/Birmingham)
Conductor
James Southall (Ex Cardiff/Birmingham)
Conductor
Alessandro Talevi
Director
Madeleine Boyd
Design
Maxine Braham (movement director)
Director
Matt Haskins
Lighting
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