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Roberto Devereux (concert version): Deutsche Oper Berlin

About the Event

International opera star Edita Gruberová visits Berlin with a concert performance of Donizetti's opera, set in the time of Elizabeth I.

Deutsche Oper Berlin visits the Philharmonie, Berlin's most famous concert hall, with Edita Gruberová and Davide Luciano for just two performances of this rarely‐heard bel canto gem. Italian opera specialist Pietro Rizzo conducts.

ROBERTO DEVEREUX recounts the tragedy of a ruler whose love gives way to desperate hatred. In the end, unable to reverse her decision to have her unfaithful lover executed, Elizabeth abdicates. The grand final scene featuring the Queen ranks with the madness aria sung by Lucia di Lammermoor as one of Donizetti’s finest creations and is an opportunity for the soprano to show what she is capable of. This is a right royal role for Edita Gruberová, and the supreme prima donna of bel canto triumphs in this signature role from the first note to the last. Celso Albelo sings the hapless Earl of Essex and Veronica Simeoni the Queen’s young rival for his affections.

Conductor: Pietro Rizzo
Chorus: William Spaulding

Elisabetta I: Edita Gruberová
Nottingham: Davide Luciano
Sara: Veronica Simeoni
Roberto Devereux: Celso Albelo
Lord Cecil: Gideon Poppe
Sir Gualtiero Raleigh: Marko Mimica
Page: Carlton Ford

Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

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