The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena

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The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena (2011)

Directed by Gary Halvorson, David McVicar

Music · 3h 10m

David McVicar's atmospheric and brooding production captures the drama of this riveting piece of British history, retold as only Donizetti could. International superstar Anna Netrebko is Queen Anne Boleyn, trapped in an unhappy marriage to King Henry VIII (Ildar Abdrazakov) whose roving eye has settled on another woman—Jane Seymour (Ekaterina Gubanova), Anna's friend, but now her unwitting rival. Add in Anna's early love, Percy (Stephen Costello), just returned to the court from exile, and the result is a haunting, explosive account of Queen Anna's tragic final days, before she goes to her execution in one of the most moving and dazzling final scenes in all of opera.

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Cast

Anna Netrebko Anna Bolena Ekaterina Gubanova Giovanna Seymour Tamara Mumford Smeton Stephen Costello Lord Riccardo Percy Ildar Abdrazakov Enrico VIII Keith Miller Lord Rochefort
E
Eduardo Valdes Sir Hervey Marco Armiliato Self - Conductor

Crew

Director
Gary Halvorson, David McVicar
Writer
Felice Romani
Original Music Composer
Gaetano Donizetti

Details

Release date
2011-10-15
Runtime
3h 10m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
United States of America
Production
The Metropolitan Opera