Donizetti's Tudor Trilogy...

Gaetano Donizetti wrote three opera about the queens of the Tudor era in England - Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, & Roberto Devereux. They are a great trilogy, though I've never heard of any company doing them in trio. It could be a great success. Below are scenes from each of the operas.

The first is with Dame Joan Sutherland as Anna Bolena; the second is Montserrat Caballe in the "Final Scene" from Maria Stuarda; and the third is Edita Gruberova as Elisabeth I in Roberto Devereux. The last is also quite different than the first two in that it is a revisionist production from Bayreuth. Europeans are wont to update operas and they always seem to do it right.

oh, and if you don't remember your Tudor history, someone gets their head chopped off at the end of each opera. What else would you expect?

enjoy...



Anna Bolena
with Dame Joan Sutherland


Maria Stuarda
with Montserrat Caballe



Roberto Devereux
with Edita Gruberova as Elizabetta I